The murderer Hamida Djandoubi was beheaded on September 10, 1977, in
Marseilles, France. The guillotine was never used since.
* Total weight of a Guillotine is about 580 kg
* The guillotine blade with weight is over 40 kg
* The heights of the guillotine posts average about 4 meters
* The guillotine blade drop is about 2.3 meters
* The falling blades rate of speed is about 7 meters/second
* The actual beheading was completed in 2/100 of a second
* The power when the guillotine blade stops at the bottom is 400
kg/square inch
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Halloween
Centuries ago, October 31 was called in England "All Hallows' Eve".
People prayed to prepare the souls of the departed for the Catholic
All Saints' Day on November 1.
October 31 was also the Celtic New Years' Eve - the "Samhain". On that
night, the spirits of the deceased were supposed to possess living
bodies before departing to the afterlife.
Pumpkins were not part of Halloween celebrations until late in the
19th century.
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