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Murderous Intent (lemmy.world)
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[-] [email protected] 77 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

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 2 weeks ago

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

[-] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks 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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