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Off Topic => Ten Forward => Topic started by: knightstorm on March 16, 2014, 03:07:29 pm

Title: Imagine if PETA existed in the 16th century.
Post by: knightstorm on March 16, 2014, 03:07:29 pm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140310-rocket-cats-animals-manuscript-artillery-history/ (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140310-rocket-cats-animals-manuscript-artillery-history/)

(http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/774/cache/rocket-cats-1_77412_990x742.jpg)

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the illustrations are legit. They're intended to show how cats and birds could in theory be used to set fire to a besieged city, according to a University of Pennsylvania scholar.

Title: Re: Imagine if PETA existed in the 16th century.
Post by: Nemesis on March 16, 2014, 03:24:06 pm

The Romans are supposed to have tied brush to the horns on a herd of cattle, set fire to it and during the night stampeded them through a barbarian army encampment.  In the panic of the "demonic" attack the Romans had a cake walk destroying the army.  I suspect they had a large Texas style barbecue afterwards (even though Texas wasn't invented yet).