TIL that in 1462, Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) stopped an Ottoman invasion by creating a 3km “forest” of 20,000 impaled corpses, including soldiers, women, children, and even livestock. The stench was so overwhelming, the Ottomans turned back without a fight.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502283/when-vlad-impaler-repelled-invasion-forest-corpses
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