Terrifying Details of Life in Royal Palaces That Will Stun You

Sliver of Sight

Intruders were a common and annoying issue back in the day, so one way to handle them was entrapment within the courtyards. Once they realized their plan had no escape route, the invaders would be shot at with a bow and arrow through a thin sliver of the castle walls. Inhabitants would fire away!

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The More You Know

  • Garfield used to own G-Mail.
  • Hippos have the largest mouths of any animal on land.
  • In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer called Bob Geary was allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist’s dummy called Brendan O’Smarty. He was.
  • One in four Americans thinks that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
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