Hey kids, when most people think of the Middle Ages, they think of them as being like humanity's dumb teenage years, where all we did was play harpsichord in our room and burn heretics with our friends.

But that's not entirely true.

In fact, I would argue that the medieval era saw just as much genius as any other period in time.

It's just most of that genius went towards finding new and creative ways to brutally slaughter those we disagree with.

Here's a few highlights.

First we'll talk about the Warwolf.

So as you can imagine, medieval castles were not easy to break into.

They were basically like those jungle gym things at Chuck E. Cheeses, massive in size, intentionally confusing layout, security everywhere.

And by the end of your visit, you probably end up with some kind of disease.

So in order to help penetrate fortresses, medieval armies would often utilize siege weapons, one of the most popular of which was the trebuchet.