TITLE:        Why Soldiers Returned With Severed Hands 🖐️
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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HOOK (first 3 seconds spoken):
He cut off a peasant's hand and brought it to his commander to receive more

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FULL SCRIPT:
He cut off a peasant's hand and brought it to his commander to receive more bullets. You see, back then, bullets served as currency. And to claim the bounty, you had to kill the enemy and bring back his hand. But to avoid the danger and still earn the bullets, soldiers often cut off villagers hands, leaving behind hundreds of one-armed

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TIMED:
[000.08] He cut off a peasant's hand and brought
[001.76] it to his commander to receive more
[003.52] bullets. You see, back then, bullets
[005.36] served as currency. And to claim the
[007.12] bounty, you had to kill the enemy and
[008.96] bring back his hand. But to avoid the
[010.80] danger and still earn the bullets,
[012.48] soldiers often cut off villagers hands,
[014.48] leaving behind hundreds of one-armed
