Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "BBC" channel.

  1. Really the swords were not "unknown" first than the bronze, or at least than copper-tin bronze. Swords of "arsenical bronze" (copper-arsenic alloy) had been made way before.
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  2. I have an avocado tree in my backyard, near Rome, italy, along with four different agrumes and a abricot. Migratory beekeeping is practiced in very few countries. Most fruits don't rely only on domestic bees for pollination.
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  3. The purpose of the barbed wire was not to stop the attack, but to slow down the attackers and force them to pass through few points, that could be more easily defended. After months of standstill, the barbed wired fences between the opposite trenches were often hundreds of meters deep. Even with cutters, and planks, and carpets, it took from hours to days to get through.
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  4. They did. The purpose of the barbed wire was not to stop the attack, but to slow down the attackers and force them to pass through few points, that could be more easily defended. After months of standstill, the barbed wired fences between the opposite trenches were often hundreds of meters deep. Even with cutters, and planks, and carpets, it took from hours to days to get through.
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