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Melting Dolomites Glaciers Reveal 250 Unexploded WWI Munitions

Italian army units removed and defused some 250 World War I-era artillery shells and French mortar bombs that were exposed as glaciers in the Dolomites retreated this summer, after hikers spotted them.

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Oct 27, 9:20 AM gizmodo.com Melting Glaciers Expose More Than 250 Unexploded WWI Bombs in the Dolomites
Oct 27, 12:00 AM theguardian.com Melting glaciers in Dolomites reveal cache of first world war munitions