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2024-04-02 01:03:39 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 868A389929576AF0A0245507189CC20AF5C2BB710EC932B61023630C870015EA
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Original Note:
The only information about the source of this object available online comes from a cancelled 2011 auction of a former torturer's collection. No mention of the church, greed, or age. See thread; https://twitter.com/fakehistoryhunt/status/1342607701961043968 also; https://www.truthorfiction.com/a-15th-century-machine-invented-by-priests-to-break-hands-and-fingers-of-scientists-artists-painters-sculptors-considered-heretic/ and: https://twitter.com/TimONeill007/status/1649886124872187904
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