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Rerun: How Medieval Warfare Led to the Lawnmower

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The Lawn Is the Origin of the Lawn

It's not enough to conquer the people who live on the other side of the hills or river or ocean. You got to hold on to the land that you've claimed, right? That means creating fortifications in places where you can get a pretty good look at your surroundings. It also helps if you know you don't leave trees around for people to cut down and turn into stuff like battering rams. So rather than wooded fields, you have grassy ones. And this is the origin of the lawn though. Back in those days, the lawns weren't exactly no prestine. To maintain the lawns, you'd either have live stock go out to the fields to

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