Long weapons with wooden shafts used by horsemen when charging their opponents.
Lances
Fact of the Day
A thirteenth century recipe for hair removal cream included cucumber leaves, almond milk, quicklime, mercury, arsenic, oil, wine, frankincense and cloves.
Quote of the Day
"Parliaments are of the Nature of cats: they ever grow curst with age.
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~ Charles I
On This Day
1787 The 'First Fleet' of 11 ships carrying convicts to Australia left England.
1888 Slavery was abolished in Brazil.