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sokoloff on July 1, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cosmic Rays May Explain Life’s Bias for Right-Hand...

Wouldn’t castles be designed to favor the defender at the top of the stairs?

jtanderson on July 1, 2020 | [–]

Right, I think most staircases I've seen in castles have required you to go clockwise when ascending. This means the attacker's sword hand would be pretty constrained!

andy_ppp on July 1, 2020 | [–]

If someone is coming into the castle how do they get inside? Over the castle walls usually.

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