Before they finally invented guns, the ancient Chinese had to come up with tons of bizarre gunpowder weaponry. Too bad Europe didn't get to play with them.

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SOURCES:
Andrade, Tonio; 2016, The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation and the Rise of the West in World History.
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