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Cavalry: A little known fact of the horsemen of the medieval era was that the men and horse were bound together by an umbilical-like cord that sustains the knight and the horse as long as they both have beating hearts. This would result in a quite risque death pose with the man mounting the horse.
Infantry: Another strange tradition concerns infantrymen. The soldiers would oft times fill their clothes(pants ,boot, whatever) with a lighter than air substance, often hydrogen. This is the reason for the soldiers instant immolation when hit by a fire arrow, and the habit of getting tossed 10-15 feet in the air when assaulted by cavalry and/or elephants.
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