WWI grenade found...in a chip factory...in Hong Kong

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Factory workers in a Hong Kong potato chip plant recently uncovered a German hand grenade from World War I that had not detonated, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The grenade, which was found at the Calbee Four Seas Company factory, weighed approximately 2 pounds and "was in an unstable condition because it has been previously discharged but failed to detonate," Superintendent Wilfred Wong Ho-hon told AFP.



Wong added that, "[a]ll the information to date suggested that the grenade was imported from France together with the other potatoes."

Because the grenade was a camouflage of mud and soil, it was likely buried on a WWI battlefield that eventually became a potato farm, the AFP added.

https://www.foxnews.com/science/wwi-grenade-found-in-potato-sack-in-chip-factory
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Glad to hear they found it in time.  But it does not say much for the quality control at the French potato farm.
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