- Aluminum Christmas Trees: The Widow gifts Tim with a gun that fires square bullets, which may sound like the invention of a fantasy author who doesn't know much about firearms. However, the 17th-century flintlock Puckle gun fired square bullets for use against infidels; it was believed that the square bullets would do more damage.
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