mhistory·Historybymonica_b1998 Shattered skeleton in Scottish castle is first confirmed death from trebuchethttps://www.science.org/content/article/shattered-skeleton-scottish-castle-first-confirmed-death-trebuchetOpen linkView original on lemmy.world44Comments4Reply
DDoorknob lemmy.worldTo be the bearer of some slightly disappointing news: the article makes clear in the end that evidence points to the man having been killed by a thing launched from a trebuchet, not that he himself was the thing launched from a trebuchet.3Reply
Underbroen feddit.dkLove the headline! So the trebuchet catapulted ahead of Da Vinci's siege crossbow?1Reply
AAbouBenAdhem lemmy.worldI guess they’ll finally have to stop marketing them as “less-lethal” weapons.12Reply
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To be the bearer of some slightly disappointing news: the article makes clear in the end that evidence points to the man having been killed by a thing launched from a trebuchet, not that he himself was the thing launched from a trebuchet.
Love the headline! So the trebuchet catapulted ahead of Da Vinci's siege crossbow?
I guess they’ll finally have to stop marketing them as “less-lethal” weapons.
First confirmed yeet?