I swear I've read something about this before. Don't quote me but maybe something to do with the guillotine beheadings?

Someone during the French Revolution documented it. They picked up the severed head and called his name, he opened his eyes and closed them again. They called his name again and he opened his eyes again. Super creepy.

French Revolution. Lots of decapitation data there.

The French were still using the guillotine into teh '70s. Last one was in '77, outlawed in 81

The French.

my useless internet knowledge finally has a purpose!! so this guy in france got beheaded because he killed tons of people and after they beheaded him, the executioner called out his name, just in case the people had forgotten who they were killing, you know, busy times, and the eyes in the guys decapitated head looked at the man who said his name, and his mouth moved like he was tryna speak

Guillotine beheadings were quick enough that the head could be picked up and examined in the first crucial seconds after severing the arteries, and they could make eye contact, and appeared to respond to their names being called.

Somones head was chopped off and they were like, “Bob! What the hel-“

A french scientist was sentenced to death. He decided to turn his execution into an experiment. He was able to consciously blink for 15 seconds after beheading.

I don't think meassuring was that evolved in 1792. Just an assumption: There were a lot of really inhuman experiments made during WW2 by the Germans and the Japanese.

That’s what I was wondering. I guess they could ask you and you could blink your response. Then you’re dead

I think this is more speculation based upon knowing how nerves, etc work, rather than asking dying person what they are feeling

Tell the person who's head is being cut off beforehand to blink twice if they're concious.

Because chopping peoples heads off has been a common form of execution forever.

Thinking guillotine for this one....

The French revolution would be my guess. They decapitated a staggering number of people.

I thought the exact same thing

trial and error

Experiments at the guillotine..

From the Talking Heads.

Well you see public execution existed

Telepathy!

My cousin said a priest said when the life left their eyes.

French revolution.

The french

Ssshh.....

We asked the head, obviously

Despite what people are saying about guillotine beheadings, those did nothing to prove this. The only way to prove this is to do a beheading nowadays with imaging and brain scans.

Someone I had time to tell them, obviously.

Europe, guillotine, one of the last times it was used, and a criminal named Languille

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You're part of how you tell me.

One time my dad stood up too fast and fell down a flight of stairs and broke his toe

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OK no one 'gets' blackouts. Or are you that slow?

Most humane, non-suffering way to die back then

no because they have no lungs. they could glare at you tho

Technically in 1981 with the abolition of the death penalty. 1977 was just the last execution.