Lingchi, slow slicing, or death by a thousand cuts, was a form of execution used in China until its abolition in 1905.
Under this form of punishment, the condemned person would be killed over a number of days through a large number of cuts to different parts of the body. Death would be incredibly slow. Many in t...
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