A Man Used This Civil War Artifact as a Paperweight on His Desk. The Bomb Squad Told Him It Was Actually a Live Explosive
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The artillery shell had been cast for combat during the Civil War. But more than 160 years later, it became something new: a decorative tchotchke sitting on the desk of a Texas man named Steve Martin.
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The artillery shell had been cast for combat during the Civil War. But more than 160 years later, it became something new: a decorative tchotchke sitting on the desk of a Texas man named Steve Martin. He had acquired the object from his son, who’d stumbled upon it during a fishing trip. Martin decided to use it as a paperweight.
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- The artillery shell had been cast for combat during the Civil War. But more than 160 years later, it became something new: a decorative tchotchke sitting on the desk of a Texas man named Steve Martin.
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A Man Used This Civil War Artifact as a Paperweight on His Desk. The Bomb Squad Told Him It Was Actually a Live Explosive
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