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Your laptop battery might stop a small-caliber bullet

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Your overpriced aluminum web-browsing machine doubles as highly unreliable body armor. The layered metallic structure of dense laptop batteries has successfully deflected small arms fire in several bizarre documented incidents. Apple officially does not recommend using a MacBook as a shield, but it's comforting to know the battery might save your life while burning your thighs.

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