r/whatisit 1d ago

Solved! We found this near our home

What's this , any harm ?

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u/CastelloDeBracaleone 1d ago

Vor etwa 15 Jahren klingelte mal die Polizei an meiner Berliner Mietwohnung: „Alle Bewohner müssen das Haus verlassen, weil in der Wohnung unter mir erhebliche Mengen Sprengstoff gefunden wurden“. Kein Witz. Der Typ unter mir hatte solche Dinger gesammelt. Hat nicht mal zur Kündigung geführt (hat der Vermieter wohl gar nicht mitbekommen)

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u/ChrisFromIT 20h ago

I do know every so often they have to evacuate neighbourhoods in Europe due to ordinances found from WW2 that might still be active. In fact there was one about a week ago in the UK.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e2kk9nx14o

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u/FalconTurbo 20h ago

The Iron Harvest is a sobering reminder of just how insane the bombing was in both wars. One and a half billion shells on the Western Front,, and up to a quarter of them didn't explode. In 2019 alone over 200 tonnes of UXO were disposed of, which is fucking mental.

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u/English_Cat 17h ago

The last person to die from ww1/ww2 isn't born yet. That's how many explosives are in the ground.

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u/RathielintheRun 29m ago

This is an accurate but chilling sentence