10. One of the SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD was destroyed by a stunt. A man named Herostratus torched the ancient Greek Temple of Artemis merely because he thought it would make him famous.
Authorities reacted by decreeing that no one could mention his name, but a Greek historian did, and Herostratus got his wish, appearing in the pages of the Chicago Tribune more than two millennia later.
Maybe He Should Have Tried to Jump Over It In His Chariot. --Cooter
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