did-you-know: Medieval English longbows could fire an arrow further than 300 yards - which is almost
did-you-know: Medieval English longbows could fire an arrow further than 300 yards - which is almost the distance of 3 football fields. So much strength was required to operate them that ancient skeletons can be identified as longbow archers due to their enlarged left arms. Source Source 2 Source 3 Damn! -- source link