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Forget the bows and arrows or swords of yesteryear. In this day and age, modern technology and the sheer desire to kill has granted us the engineering capability to do just that—seek and destroy larger...

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The Middle Ages saw the rise of some truly nightmarish tools of battle. These Medieval weapons weren’t just about winning battles—they were about sending a message.

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Times of international conflict usually stimulate the scientific field to innovate new ideas. Some of these ideas are better than others—and some are straight-up weird. These are the weirdest weapons of World War II.

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"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."—The Bhagavad Gita It’s often said that war inspires scientific advancement. After all, a matter of life and death can provide excellent creative motivation. So just what have civilizations come up...

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Forget the bows and arrows or swords of yesteryear. In this day and age, modern technology and the sheer desire to kill has granted us the engineering capability to do just that—seek and destroy larger...

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"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."—The Bhagavad Gita It’s often said that war inspires scientific advancement. After all, a matter of life and death can provide excellent creative motivation. So just what have civilizations come up...



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