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Melting Dolomite glaciers reveal 250+ WWI bombs frozen for over 100 years

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Melting Dolomite glaciers reveal 250+ WWI bombs frozen for over 100 years

Italian army removes and defuses 250 explosives encased in ice for more than 100 years after hikers’ sightings A significant cache of unexploded bombs from the first world war emerged this summer from rapidly retreating glaciers in the Dolomites, the Italian army has said. The devices, which…

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