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Lethal Weapon

From: Robert Karl Skoglund
Length: 00:00:40

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Humbleoats_small scientists have discovered how to make teeth fillings out of the same polyethylene fibers used in bullet proof vests

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scientists have discovered how to make teeth fillings out of the same polyethylene fibers used in bullet proof vests

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Google is a wonderful thing. How else would I have learned that some scientists have discovered how to make teeth fillings out of the same polyethylene fibers used in bullet proof vests? If you are old enough, you can remember seeing superman catch bullets in his teeth and spitting them back at the bad guys. Now, with her enhanced technological prowess, your average great-grandmother will be required to have her jaws licensed as a lethal weapon.
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