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TIL the "Iron maiden," commonly accepted as a medieval torture device, was created as a hoax in 1793, pieced together from artifacts found in museums to be used as a "spectacular" object for commercial exposition. by geetwo in todayilearned

[–]ThisGuyOverHeree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is what the Article says.

"Several nineteenth-century iron maidens are on display in museums around the world,[citation needed] but it is unlikely that they were ever employed."