The Bloody Truth about the Guillotine: 5 Gross Facts
💀🔪In this video, we’re diving into the gory world of the guillotine! 😱
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From its blood-soaked legacy to some of the most shocking and stomach-turning facts, you won’t believe what went down during the Reign of Terror. ⚔️🩸
00:51 The Strange Afterlife of Heads 😳
01:40 Public Spectacles 🎭
02:26 An Executioner’s Dark Job ☠️
03:15 Bell Bottoms and Decapitations 💀
03:58 Don't Forget Your Fridge Magnet 😵
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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
🧠 "The Most Gentle of Lethal Methods": The Question of Retained Consciousness Following Decapitation - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
👀 (PDF) The Microscope - https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
❓ A man is beheaded "cleanly"—is it possible that there follows a period of awareness - https://www.theguardian.com/notesandq...
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