Illustrations of history

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Castle defenders pouring hot sand through a murder-hole to injure the attackers below (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oh, I have no clue about the exact temperatures, only that they used boiling water for similar functions, so it seemed intuitive to use it as a comparison.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

One of the benefits of sand over water is the same as the benefit of boiling oil: it can get considerably hotter than water's 100⁰C

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ah ok. I guess I'll have to find the optimal temperature for the hot sand some other way, you know just in case (for minecraft of course).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

"A man's home should be his castle." - Someone planning on dumping red-hot sand on top of uninvited guests