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TIL Marie Antoinette (1793) accidentally stepped on her executioner's shoe. Her last words were "Pardonnez-moi, monsieur. Je ne l’ai pas fait exprès" (Pardon me, sir, I did not do it on purpose). Marie Tussaud used her head to create a death mask.

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