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Archimedes built a giant mechanical claw to sink ships.
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• Footage courtesy: RC Mud Advantures (@rcmudadvantures9736) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82k8UB9nalM
• Footage courtesy: Deconstructed (@Deconstructed_Animations) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLHCdo9VWeg

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00:00Massive Roman war galleys smash directly into the stone seawall of Syracuse right now.
00:06How did a single Greek mathematician stop an entire invading fleet using only wooden beams and iron hooks?
00:15Common sense says heavy siege engines crush from above,
00:19but this secret lever system actually pulled ships straight up into the air.
00:24A massive pivoting beam dropped a giant grappling iron that locked onto the bow and flipped the entire hull upside
00:32down.
00:33The doomed sailors never saw the trap coming because massive Roman war galleys smash directly into the stone seawall of
00:42Syracuse right now.
00:43Any age, any background, same opportunity, sell, earn, repeat.
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