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The last time France used the guillotine was 1977. On September 10, murderer Hamida Djandoubi was executed in Marseille, the last guillotine beheading recorded in the Western world. France abolished the death penalty only in 1981.
The barbershop pole originated from a time when barbers in Europe also performed surgery. Red represents arteries and bleeding, blue represents veins and shaving, and white represents bones and bandages.
The earliest recorded spam was a dental advertisement sent by telegram in 1864 in Britain. The furious recipient wrote to The London Times: "By what right do they send me a telegram that is plainly, purely an advertisement, to disturb me?"
In 1800, Paris enacted an ordinance banning women from wearing trousers. The law was technically enforced until 2013, with amendments in 1892 and 1909 allowing trousers only while holding bicycle handlebars or horse reins.