stackyFACTSHistory often turns on the smallest mechanical failures. During a ruthless assassination attempt, a Scottish king evaded his murderers by fleeing into a sewer drain because a local woman had previously broken the heavy iron lock on the escape door, accidentally altering a royal bloodline.
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