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Yeah fun visit except in Florida summer. That stone is amazing stuff.

• danjc 7y ago
  Yeah I'm from South Africa and thought I knew heat but this week had been insane! Another fun fact - because the material absorbs shock so well, the Spanish were able to dig undamaged cannon balls out of the wall. They'd etch messages on them and fire them back at the English!
  • swasheck 7y ago
    i grew up in orlando and had multiple "field trips" to st. augustine. this cannonball fact was one of the more celebrated and (and funny) facts that they'd share with us. as we got older, our attention went from "cool fort" to "cool cannons" to "dont want to go to prison" to "excellent and resourceful engineering." unfortunately, as with so many other things, i didnt (or couldnt) fully appreciate it at that age