In the late 18th century, Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin invented the guillotine. If you aren't familiar with the guillotine, it's an apparatus designed to behead people with a blade that falls on the victim's neck. The guillotine didn't require an executioner with an ax; it's fast and probably less painful than capital punishment methods used today. Many people probably think the guillotine was a cruel invention, but it was created to make execution more humane. The Fur...