TIL Johann Bücheler built Switzerland’s first guillotine in 1836 after another carpenter became depressed. He earned 160 francs but became an outcast. To earn some money he build a bonsai guillotine and beheaded celery.

https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2024/04/the-guillotine-maker/

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