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The so-called '8-ball', a 1 million litre steel ball built in 1949 in which the US Army tested the effectiveness of biological weapons. The ball is in Fort Detrick, Maryland, and is a 'historical monument' today. (© (2001) Jan van Aken/Sunshine Project.)
