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Alternatively you can twist the cylinder round twice clockwise that turns it into a hand grenade. Five-second fuse. I tested it on one of my assistants. Poor old Bennett... he should be out of hospital in a couple of months.

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Anthony Horowitz
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 5
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