L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkTIL the design of the guillotine was intended to make capital punishment more reliable and less painful in accordance with new Enlightenment ideas of human rights.en.wikipedia.orgL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt was way better than some drunk guy in a hood with a dull axe. I think I remember reading about some teen who suicided themselves with a homemade guillotine in the woods. I don’t know why I’m mentioning that.
It was way better than some drunk guy in a hood with a dull axe. I think I remember reading about some teen who suicided themselves with a homemade guillotine in the woods. I don’t know why I’m mentioning that.