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Medieval assault up a tower staircase (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Scuzzm0nkey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The old-world Italian version of this that I always heard was: left-handedness was considered evil because if one was to stab someone in the back, a lefty would be better oriented for the heart. Supposedly this is why the word "sinister" exists, in Italian "left" is "sinestro".