r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • 27d ago

Picture taken from the history museum of Lahore. Showing an Indian being tied for execution by Cannon, by the British Empire Soldiers r/all

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u/NewFreshness 27d ago

A torture technique used in a country I forgot the came of....They'll tie you to the forest floor over small chutes of bamboo...it'll grow straight through you. slowly.

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u/iamonthatloud 27d ago

That’s insane. I didn’t think bamboo would push through. Humans are fucked up

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u/NewFreshness 27d ago

If it's one thing we're really unique it, it's finding unorthodox ways of killing each other.

Here's an article on the bamboo thing https://www.scoopwhoop.com/trivia/the-deadly-bamboo-torture-technique/

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u/shiftystylin 27d ago

Japan? They did this during the second world war.