stackyFACTSWhen thick steel doors failed to deter early twentieth-century thieves, banks resorted to aggressive chemical warfare. Many vintage safes featured hidden glass vials of blinding tear gas rigged to shatter if a safecracker forcefully drilled or torched the lock, immediately turning the heist into a chaotic, weeping mess.
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