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Murderous Intent (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 children)

Henry Ford's right hand man had uneven steps in his home as a defense mechanism. he fell down them and died while drunk (apparently this is urban legend)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think they do that in castles steps as well. To slow down invading.

[–] wischi 19 points 4 months ago

I think they did that in castles, because it's generally pretty hard to build castles. If the enemy is inside the walls you are practically done anyway.

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