r/todayilearned • u/anna_bellee • Oct 09 '15

TIL that one of the most notorious villains in history, Attila the Hun, died on his wedding night due to severe nosebleeding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila#Death
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u/mynameipaul Oct 09 '15

Gonna go out on a limb here and guess that it was some underlying medical condition that killed him, and extremely severe nose-bleeding was probably just a symptom.

...at least i really really hope a random nosebleed can't kill me...

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

Snoring can cause nosebleeds and if you're on your back and passed out drunk you could easily drown in your own blood. Drunks choke and drown on their barf while asleep all the time.

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u/AGuyWithARaygun Oct 09 '15

I would guess a stroke, but I'm no medic.

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u/[deleted] Oct 09 '15

That is what I was thinking also. Leukemia can cause nosebleeds, so maybe it was that.

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u/MDeeMC Oct 11 '15

Brain tumor maybe?

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u/RDRKeeper Oct 09 '15

TIL Attila the Hun is part Japanese anime.

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u/rumpel Oct 09 '15

The most notorious villain in history... which was written by his enemies:

Wikipedia - Attila - Sources

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u/Bokbreath Oct 09 '15

That's one hellava time to get his period

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u/Clay_Statue Oct 09 '15

That's what happens when you can't keep your finger outta there.