Henry Ford's right hand man had uneven steps in his home as a defense mechanism. he fell down them and died while drunk (apparently this is urban legend)

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 17 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I think they do that in castles steps as well. To slow down invading.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 19 points 4 months ago

I think they did that in castles, because it's generally pretty hard to build castles. If the enemy is inside the walls you are practically done anyway.

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