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Brigid

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Tue Feb 24, 2015, 08:17 PM Feb 2015

Watching "Museum Secrets" on Smithsonian Channel.

The Aztecs had a seriously nasty weapon that was sort of a cross between a club and a sword. It had a wood handle with obsidian blades glued into it -- blades so sharp some surgeons today actually prefer them to surgical steel. The blades would often imbed themselves into the enemy's flesh and stay there -- ouch!

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Watching "Museum Secrets" on Smithsonian Channel. (Original Post) Brigid Feb 2015 OP
delish Ellipsis Feb 2015 #1
Yeah, that's the idea. Brigid Feb 2015 #2
Macuahuitl PoliticAverse Feb 2015 #3
Yes. Brigid Feb 2015 #4
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