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Supposedly, a French scientist who was going to be beheaded said that he would practice blinking at a rate of one per second. This was because there were previous reports that some heads had made interpretable lip movements after the axe.
When he got the blade, he blinked 13 times or so.
Later, studies were done to see the pain of various methods of execution. This was to determine if a particular method was a cruel and unusual punishment - Constitution, you know. Various methods were tried on sheep. Supposedly, again, EEG readings were taken from sheep that were beheaded and they showed activity that you would see from a conscious noggin out to 17 seconds. BAAAAH!
I make no claims about the science behind this - might be baloney. Someone can research it.
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NRA, TSRA, IDPA, NTI, Polite Soc. - Aux Armes, Citoyens
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