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minus-squareSimulation6linkfedilinkarrow-up10·11 months agoSomebody during the French revolution was interested in whether the guillotined heads would respond in some way, so he called them by name. Some did.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 months agoI read that to be extra cruel, they’d pick the severed head up and show it the body. That way if you remained conscious for a little while after your head is cut off, the last thing you’ll see is the horror of your headless body.
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 months agoHere is a collection of stories for y’all to enjoy: https://mikedashhistory.com/2011/01/25/some-experiments-with-severed-heads/
minus-squareMenacingPerson@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoFasces-nating (I know that’s Italian, close enough)
Somebody during the French revolution was interested in whether the guillotined heads would respond in some way, so he called them by name. Some did.
I read that to be extra cruel, they’d pick the severed head up and show it the body. That way if you remained conscious for a little while after your head is cut off, the last thing you’ll see is the horror of your headless body.
Here is a collection of stories for y’all to enjoy: https://mikedashhistory.com/2011/01/25/some-experiments-with-severed-heads/
Fascinating.
Fasces-nating (I know that’s Italian, close enough)