TIL of execution by Breaking Wheel that would start with tying the body to a wheel, breaking the bones of the limbs, braiding the broken limbs through the spokes and leaving the body to be eaten by scavenging animals and birds. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by muadib1974 t3_104st9r on January 6, 2023 at 12:19 PM in todayilearned 118 comments 785
Susefreak t1_j377pq8 wrote on January 6, 2023 at 2:57 PM So did the surname Wheeler come from the surviving ones or the people who delivered the Breaking Wheel torture? Permalink 1 thatonedudeguyman t1_j37zwln wrote on January 6, 2023 at 5:51 PM If so, the Wheelers from Stranger Things got some fucked up ancestry Permalink Parent 1
thatonedudeguyman t1_j37zwln wrote on January 6, 2023 at 5:51 PM If so, the Wheelers from Stranger Things got some fucked up ancestry Permalink Parent 1
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