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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Why hemp rope?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I speculate that hemp was super cheap and super fibrous, so it would make a decent armor akin to lining the train with sandbags.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And abundant.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Some even say it grows like a weed

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