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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Ill_Definition8074 on 2024-12-21 17:20:42+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Jacques Hébert’s public execution by guillotine in the French Revolution. To amuse the crowd, the executioners rigged the blade to stop inches from Hébert’s neck. They did this three times before finally executing him.