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00:00Ancient sailors dropped heavy metal dolphins like the 100-kilogram lead one found at Antikythera, designed to breach enemy ship
00:09hulls.
00:09Divers found this huge lead teardrop inside the famous Antikythera shipwreck.
00:15Crews hoisted the heavy weight high up on the ship's yardarm.
00:19Gravity-driven, it was dropped to breach enemy decks and hulls, inflicting critical damage to sink them without ramming.
00:26Recovered from the Antikythera shipwreck, this unique dolphin weapon was designed to inflict critical damage on enemy vessels.
00:34Link in bio.
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