No, that ancient fidget spinner wasn't one after all

You know that 4,000-year-old fidget spinner that everyone was on about?

Yeah, turns out it wasn't one after all.

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A tweet showing a museum piece labelled as a "spinning toy with animal heads" has been making its rounds on the internet.

Proof that there are no original ideas anymore http://pic.twitter.com/7zPxYha7QQ

— Arielle Pardes (@pardesoteric) July 31, 2017

We have to admit, the item — which is housed in the Oriental Institute Museum in Chicago — does look pretty similar to a fidget spinner.

But more likely than not, the object was actually used as a weapon, or more accurately, as the head of a mace. Read more...

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