Anne Boleyn’s detached head reportedly tried to talk after her beheading. Called scientific depolarisation, the human brain continues emitting brain waves after the heart stops for several minutes.

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A painting of Anne Boleyn being beheaded — Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn’s detached head reportedly tried to talk after her beheading. Called scientific depolarisation, the human brain continues emitting brain waves after the heart stops for several minutes.

A painting of Anne Boleyn — Anne Boleyn

In 1536, England’s King Henry VIII accused Anne Boleyn, his second wife of incest, adultery and conspiracy against the king.

Found guilty at her trial, a French swordsman executed her at the Tower Green in London

An image of tower Green where the beheading took place — Tower Green, London

Several historians believe that he falsely accused her so he could marry his third wife, Jane Seymour, in the hope of getting a male child as heir.

Check out the tower where her’s and several others’ beheading took place!

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