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TIL a revolt leader in Hungary, was condemned to sit on a red-hot iron throne with a red-hot iron crown on his head and a red-hot sceptre in his hand, his partially roasted body was then force-fed to six of his fellow rebels, who had been starved for a week beforehand.

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