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Archeologists in northern Germany have discovered two projectiles from the 17 century that suggest exploding cannon balls have been around longer than thought. A complex fuse system may have led the bombs to detonate when they reached their targets. The freedom-loving Dutch, in particular, felt the wrath of this Catholic weapons-fanatic from M

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Archeologists in northern Germany have discovered two projectiles from the 17 century that suggest exploding cannon balls have been around longer than thought. A complex fuse system may have led the bombs to detonate when they reached their targets. The freedom-loving Dutch, in particular, felt the wrath of this Catholic weapons-fanatic from M

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