Saturday, Aug 15, 2020, 5:52 pm

By:Mike Litzler

#8 Toothpick-the Killer

Can toothpicks cause death? well, don't underestimate this small little wooden stick. Sherwood Anderson an American novelist and short story writer was traveling on a cruise liner Santa Lucia to South America where he accidentally gulped a toothpick which caused severe pains in his abdomen. He was then taken to hospital in Colon, Panama where he died on 8th march 1941.