Cleaning His Grandparents House Led to a Strange Discovery

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Most exciting of all, she discovered a strange cylinder in the attic. She put the picture up online with the caption "It has numbers and weird symbols at the top." After posting the photo online, the commenters explained that she was holding onto an original World War II shrapnel shell that had never exploded. It even had the date that it was meant to go off written on it... 

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The More You Know

  • You're more likely to become President than you are to win the lottery.
  • Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham as part of a bet.
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