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Flintlock pistol hidden inside of a bible, fired by pulling the bookmark, Italy, late 17th century AD (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 months ago by PugJesus@piefed.social to c/historyartifacts@piefed.social

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[–] stray@pawb.social 11 points 2 months ago

They did say the most powerful weapon is the Word of God.

[–] CoconutCream@piefed.zip 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

I hallowed out an outdated encyclopedia for my iPad but this is incredible and ironic.

Great find, OP.

EDIT: italicized “hallowed”

[–] clockworkrat@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Hallowed?

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Great pun, gotta hand it to them. 👏⛳

[–] CoconutCream@piefed.zip 4 points 2 months ago

👍

[–] Johandea@feddit.nu 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ironic? The god of the bible has an incredibly high kill count

[–] JamieDub86@piefed.social 0 points 2 months ago

Really? But all the good people believe in God.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

This never gets old.