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

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[–] Godort@lemm.ee 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

the fires they had were probably not hot enough to melt sand into glass without some additives.

Instead, it's a fine particulate that can be heated way hotter than water, and because the grains are small enough they will disperse over a large area causing burns to people in a large area below

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago

And it's much easier and cleaner to keep around. Hard to store water in a bag, after all