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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

Put to death? What is this nonsense? It is thought that he accidentally poisoned himself.

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[–] frizzo@piefed.social 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

Why did he kill himself? Was it because society forced him to mutilate his genitals as a baby like the rest of the western civilization? Was it something else?

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

Its thought he was experimenting and ate the poisoned apple by mistake.

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[–] frizzo@piefed.social 1 point 10 months ago

Totally the British government would never lie about the evil they did. /S

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