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SilasMarner77 OP t1_ireduah wrote

Reply to comment by seemypinky in TIL that following their execution (by beheading) for treason, the heads of Baron Saye and his son-in-law were unceremoniously impaled on pikes by a mob and pushed together so that they appeared to kiss. by SilasMarner77

I imagine it gave the angry mob a lighthearted moment.

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seemypinky t1_ireibih wrote

Which is understandable. Impaling people on spikes can be emotionally draining

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Finito-1994 t1_irgi4ro wrote

You’d think so.

But then again french people used to take a basket of food to have a picnic while they watched beheadings and Roman’s used to go see gladiatorial matches like they were marvel movies so who the fuck knows.

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