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girlthing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Fun fact: the doctor in question was opposed to the death penalty, and proposed the guillotine thinking he could at least make it more humane. He deeply regretted this action and spent the rest of his life campaigning against it. His family was so ashamed that they changed their surname.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph-Ignace_Guillotin

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