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The Catholic Church has an odd sense of humor (ArchonOfFlesh) (infosec.pub)
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[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I went to look up whether this is why spinning fireworks is called a Catherine Wheel, (it is) and learned she was not executed on the breaking wheel. They tried to torture ("break") her on it, but the wheel broke when she touched it. So they chopped off her head.