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Ever wonder why most staircases in medieval castles were built to be extremely narrow and spiraling in a clockwise direction?

Since medieval castles were built mainly as fortifications, staircases were designed to make it extremely difficult for enemy combatants to fight their way up.

Since most soldiers were right-handed, they would need to round each curve of the inner wall before attempting to strike, inevitably exposing themselves in the process. The clockwise spiral staircase also allowed the defenders to use the inner wall as a partial shield and easily allow them to swing their weapon without being hindered by the curvature of the outer wall.

The stairs were also intentionally poorly lit and built to be uneven, making it even more difficult for the attackers to gain any sort of balance or momentum during their fight up to capture the castle.

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Meterologist Colleen Peterson – Van Life Wanderer

She Played ‘Meg’ on Supernatural. See Rachel Miner Now at 42 – Ned Hardy

One of the best blenders ever is 45% off right now! – Amazon

Massive protests break out in Zhengzhou, China, as protesters use barricades and guardrails to attack police who come to crack down on them – Reddit

How to Survive Encounters with Dangerous Animals – Outside

At-Home Ketamine Treatments Could Be a Game-Changer—or a Big Problem – Gizmodo

Holiday scam email season is here. Don’t fall for it – VOX

The 7 Most Famous Psychological Experiments of All-Time – Linkiest

10 things that made us smile this week – Upworthy

10 Worst Times A Movie Character Returned From The Dead – What Culture

This 55" 4K UHD smart TV is only $299 right now! – Amazon

Artist Reimagines Celebrities as The Subjects of Classical Paintings – Sad And Useless

There’s No Fixing Meta’s Metaverse, Scrap It, Start Over – Forbes

Ranked: The World’s 100 Biggest Pension Funds – Visual Capitalist

What else Qatar has built with its absurd wealth besides the 2022 World Cup – VOX

Grandma And Man She Accidentally Texted Spend 7th Thanksgiving Together – Sunny Skyz

Flossie, 26, officially crowned world’s oldest living cat by Guinness World Records – EuroNews

Everything We Know About ‘Willow’ Actor, Dempsey Bryk – Ned Hardy

10 Major Villains Whose Grand Plans Don’t Make Any Sense – Listverse

 

For Anyone Considering Starting Jiu-Jitsu, Read This

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I don’t know you, but if you are here reading this letter, you are probably at least somewhat curious about BJJ and maybe considering training.

This letter is for you, and I hope that you will read it. Technically, this letter is actually to me, to the “me” of just over two years ago, but I want you to consider that this letter could just as easily have been written by you, about two years from now. I hope you will continue reading.

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Picture of the Day

Dummy head used by John Anglin to fool prison guards during his escape from Alcatraz Prison. Him and his 2 companions whereabouts are still unknown. The head was made of cloth, soap, toothpaste, concrete-dust and human hair.

On June 11, 1962, three Alcatraz inmates used dummy heads to pull off perhaps the most daring prison break in recorded history. That night, brothers Clarence and John Anglin and their friend Frank Morris managed to make it off “The Rock” — but whether they made it safely to shore remains a mystery to this day.⁠

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15 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Willow’ Star, Ellie Bamber – Ned Hardy

19 Things You Will Only See In South Korea – Van Life Wanderer

Drink one before and after a drinking session and you will greatly mitigate the effects of a hangover – Amazon

‘Andor’ Finale Breakdown: We Love This Show More Than Anything It Could Ever Do Wrong – The Ringer

TikToker Raises $186,000 To Help Elderly Walmart Employee Retire Thanks To Viral Video – Ruin My Week

Funny And Very Relatable Thanksgiving Tweets – Sad And Useless

New CRISPR cancer treatment tested in humans for first time – FreeThink

7 Tricks to Lose Weight No One Ever Told You About – Linkiest

FIFA tells Belgium to remove word ‘love’ stitched on World Cup away shirts – ESPN

Crazy rumor says Bob Iger might want to sell Disney to Apple – CBR

Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX spent $300 million on homes and vacation properties for senior staff – Insider

The kitchen trash can with the foot pedal that flips open the top. We lived with the press-lip-to-open trashcan for years because we were too cheap to spend some extra dough. No longer having to manually open and close that thing like an animal is a pleasure I could not have predicted – Amazon

Colorado Club Q shooting suspect is ‘non-binary,’ public defenders say – Fox News

Mercedes Will Make Your EV Quicker . . . If You Pay $1200 a Year – Car and Driver

You Could Get Paid $30,000 to Move to This Italian Town – Inside Hook

10+ Times Our Favorite Stars Reunited and Sprinkled Nostalgia Everywhere – Bright Side

The Sequoia article singing SBF’s praises is one of the worst things I’ve ever read – Sequioa

Too much testosterone at the gym leads to fight – Reddit

He Photobombed His Girlfriend For A Month, Taking Engagement Ring Pictures Without Her Noticing It – Sunny Skyz

 

What’s It Like To Be Financially Independent

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I am in my 40’s, live in a large US city. Never married, no kids.

I stopped working about 5 years ago. The experience has been largely good, but mixed.

The good:

—If, 15 years ago, someone had asked me to design the ideal life, I would have described the life I am now living. I spend my time indulging in my passions and other healthy pursuits, I have traveled the world extensively, I have done most of the things that I always wanted to do and I am continually thinking up new ideas.

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