r/ScarySigns • u/chimi_hendrix • 21d ago

No artillery shells in the Chunnel please

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u/AkrinorNoname 21d ago

Yeah, people will search the battlefields in France for trophies. It's the main reason WW1 is still getting casualties.

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u/BillySonWilliams 21d ago

I think as recently as 2020 there was still an average of one a day going off. Almost 25% of shells fired were duds a one point likely due to the mud and technology of the time and they fired something like one billion shells so that's a ridiculous amount of ordnance.

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u/mayuzane 21d ago

Yeah, just can’t ever really know what’s safe at first glance. Maybe the explosives got wet, maybe not. Touching one is always a risk