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Old Instructions on How to Make Whip Bow and Crossbow

American newspapers were filled with projects meant to keep boys busy outdoors, and many of them involved homemade weapons. Long before video games and television,…

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A Pistol That Shoots Stupefying Gas

The chemical gun written about in this 1913 newspaper article is the predecessor of pepper spray. In fact, the vapor that shoots out of the…

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