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Siege engines...a dozen of them going up to the walls, walkways released and hundreds of soldiers pouring out onto the top of the walls to take the castle/town. We've all seen that onscreen. I hadn't given any thought to how siege engines were used.
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A somewhat interesting short history of Lockheed's skunkworks. Or, more accurately, superficial bits of it that aren't classified.
The bit I found most interesting was that it was originally called skonkworks and changed its name because of a copyright claim.
Quick version for anyone who wonders why and doesn't want to watch the video:
A famous cartoon series included references to a factory that produced a foul-smelling substance called skonk and was therefore called the skonkworks.
The project was started during WW2 and every available space was being used for aircraft production, so a seperate and disused location was used for the project. That location was close to a plastics factory that smelled very bad, so the project was jokingly called the skonkworks and the name stuck.
Years later, the copyright owner found out and objected in order to protect their copyright, so Lockheed's skonkworks changed their name to skunkworks.
The bit I found most interesting was that it was originally called skonkworks and changed its name because of a copyright claim.
Quick version for anyone who wonders why and doesn't want to watch the video:
A famous cartoon series included references to a factory that produced a foul-smelling substance called skonk and was therefore called the skonkworks.
The project was started during WW2 and every available space was being used for aircraft production, so a seperate and disused location was used for the project. That location was close to a plastics factory that smelled very bad, so the project was jokingly called the skonkworks and the name stuck.
Years later, the copyright owner found out and objected in order to protect their copyright, so Lockheed's skonkworks changed their name to skunkworks.
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That's absolutely shocking that is, who on earth sold these.
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