If you think that waffles are a simple treat, you might be surprised. They go back further in history than you might imagine. And there are more kinds of waffles than there are, well, squares on a waffle iron.
The story of the Navy’s reluctance to even admit to the risk from sharks, and their final rushed attempt at a solution, says much about naval priorities and thinking prior and during the war.
On July 24, 1304 King Edward I of England captured the last stronghold of resistance against English rule in Scotland, the formidable Stirling Castle. But he did not have to storm the castle to make the defenders surrender. He merely had to threaten them with perhaps the most terrifying siege engine in the era before gunpowder.