During the French Revolution, a cook's helper who stood up for the Queen was cooked in butter and then set ablaze by the mob.¹⁾

People dipped their handkerchiefs in Louis XVI's blood after his head was severed during the French Revolution and sold pieces of his hair as mementos. Over 200 years later, one of these handkerchiefs was discovered concealed in a dried squash.²⁾

Marie Antoinette unintentionally trod on the executioner's foot while standing on the scaffold. She uttered “Pardon me, monsieur” as her final words.³⁾

Lacking explosives, French rebels had to destroy the Bastille by hand.⁴⁾

Libelle pamphlets were printed by revolutionaries during the French Revolution. These booklets attempted to discredit the private lives of the French nobles by including weird eroticism.⁵⁾