TIL Jack Ketch, Charles I's executioner, became so notorious for botched executions that his name became a synonym for death and he once wrote an apology letter for beheading someone so poorly.
TIL Jack Ketch, Charles I's executioner, became so notorious for botched executions that his name became a synonym for death and he once wrote an apology letter for beheading someone so poorly.
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