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That Time When you Could Save Yourself From Being Executed by Beating the Executioner in a Foot Race (2017x102)

Fecha de emisión: Abr 26, 2017

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Last Public Hanging in the United States https://youtu.be/q_gkurTsCdg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k The Story Behind the Famous Saigon Execution Photo https://youtu.be/kjMW6xoJAZ0?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: Like many historical nations, the Ottoman Empire was no stranger to doling out deadly justice to criminals and those the rulers disliked. Unlike most, for several decades, starting sometime in the late 18th century, they did offer some of the condemned a chance to avoid being executed. How? They simply had to beat the palace’ head gardener in what amounted to about a 300 metre dash. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/02/time-history-save-executed-beating-executioner-race/ Sources: https://books.google.com/books?id=piXqsiQ4h1QC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=bostanc%C4%B1+basha&source=bl&ots=D_EzTz75-9&sig=NzmTU7qYhwrq-ix223M7zTcOjM0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiCyeDv6OfKAhUP92MKHYLeADkQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q=bostanc%C4%B1%20basha&f=false http://www.todayszaman.com/national_forgotten-lives-of-ottoman-executioners_348009.html https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=81YLQOY_rZkC&pg=PA239&dq=souflikar+ottoman&hl=en&sa=X&ei=V3DjVNuzDoaHyATUoIHwAg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=souflikar%20ottoman&f=false http://lostislamichistory.com/non-muslim-rights-in-the-ottoman-empire/ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7FQRrbUMojcC&pg=PA48&dq=ottoman+empire+execution&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja65uA58fKAhVF6xQKHc65D0UQ6AEITzAI#v=onepage&q=ottoman%20empire%20execution&f=false http://podcast.iu.edu/Portal/PodcastPage.aspx?podid=62227ccf-8b85-404d-b21d-9ebbaf0c6a