The Tsar Cannon, contrary to the saying, seems to have been fired.

1586 · 1980 · apart: 394 years

During its 1980 restoration Artillery Academy experts found powder residue in the barrel and concluded it had fired at least once.

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• Tsar Cannon cast1586 · Moscow. Master founder Andrey Chokhov cast the roughly 39-tonne Tsar Cannon in 1586. It is famous as a gun that never fired, but specialists from the Artillery Academy found powder residue in its barrel during a 1980 inspection.

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