Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wis…

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Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wish you could have something named after you? ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2011). A Man Without a Country, p.88, Seven Stories Press
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Shrapnel was invented by an Englishman of the same name. Don't you wish you could have something named after you? ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (2011). A Man Without a Country, p.88, Seven Stories Press

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