Have you learned any fun history facts recently?
Thanks for the ask!
I don't think I have a "short and sweet" fact that could be summed up in a sentence, but I did watch a cool video about fire arrows.
They were basically a lot of animal fat and such with a lit match that would stay burning while the arrow was in flight. The nasty bit was that once the arrow was burning, you couldn't really pull it out of the target, so any poor sod who got hit with one just kinda had to burn. Very nasty.
I'll find the video if you want to watch:
The YouTuber is Tod's Workshop, he's an engineer and historical weapons creator, he did some of the weapons for the Witcher TV series, and has a line of medieval cutlery under the name Tod Cutler, while his weapons are sold under the Tod's Workshop name. He does a lot with archery in his videos. He's very easy for me to follow in terms of video topics and presentation, and he has good quality production. One of my favourite medieval hsitory and warfare YouTubers.
