▲ 124 ▼ TIL 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.org) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [B] to c/til@lemmy.world 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] LasVenturas@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago What else did you think the guillotine was? Like it's not talked about alot but if you get beheaded it didn't always go well or in one swing. permalink fedilink source