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TIL About Dynamite Guns. Briefly in military use in the late 1800s, they fired shells of gelatinized dynamite using compressed air much like a potato cannon. They fell out of favor due to their co... (en.wikipedia.org)
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Original Title: TIL About Dynamite Guns. Briefly in military use in the late 1800s, they fired shells of gelatinized dynamite using compressed air much like a potato cannon. They fell out of favor due to their complexity and inaccuracy.

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