In 1504 a knight had his arm blown off by a cannon. Instead of retiring, this knight continued to fight, feud, and serve various leaders, with the help of an ingenious metal prosthetic.
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During the civil war, the manufacture of powder and explosives was often handled by the most vulnerable, young women and children, whose labor was needed when so many men had been sent off to war. On March 13, 1863, the confederacy experienced a munitions disaster, in the confederate capitol of Richmond.