The Netherlands A routine onion delivery from France to a factory in the northern Dutch province of Zeeland became cause for alarm when Dutch authorities discovered two hand grenades hidden among a crate of onions.

The grenades, dating from 1925, were examined by ordnance personnel who concluded, "The projectiles were identified to be consistent with pre-1925 French and German manufactured old chemical weapons. However, the type of chemical fill could not be identified."

There is no answer as to how the devices ended up among the onions. They are slated to be destroyed, but since the Netherlands lacks a dedicated destruction facility for explosives, they will be transferred as toxic waste to the specialized chemical dismantling facility in Belgium.

Vancouver, Washington Vancouver Police were called to a construction site at Pearson Airfield after an archaeologist unearthed what appeared to be an unexploded WWI Stokes mortar.

The police department's Mobile Explosive Device Unit and personnel from U.S. Air Force EOD were called in to safely dispose of the mortar. Vancouver Police said the teams also "found and safely donated several more" ordnance during construction.

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Canakkale, Turkey Bomb experts safely disposed of an unexploded WWI round found by a fisherman on the historic Gallipoli Peninsula. The shell reportedly dates to the Gallipoli campaign, during which tens of thousands of soldiers died in one of the most ferocious battles in the Ottoman Empire during the war.

Fort Totten Park, Washington, D.C. A National Park Service employee found two metal canisters in a mound of soil at Fort Totten Park, sparking a large emergency response and multiple road closures in the area. After several days of investigations, the items have been identified as WWI-era chemical weapons, similar to those found in the Spring Valley neighborhood several decades ago.

According to USACE spokesperson Cynthia Mitchell it is unclear whether or not the canisters were empty. They are currently being analyzed at Marine Corps Base Quantico. In a written statement she said, "We expect preliminary, unofficial results on contents this week, and final confirmation next week."

This is not the first time a WWI-era weapon was discovered in Fort Totten. In 2020, the National Park Service discovered another WWI-era metal canister on the ground in a different area of the park. The Park Service said the Defense Department determined that munition to be an "unfused and unused, empty canister" which had been modified for use as a chemical weapon.

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Invergordon, Scotland A group of metal detectorists set off a series of emergency responses after finding a UXO near a school. The discovery was made at a former air raid shelter and led to homes being evacuated and three schools in Invergordon in the Highlands being closed as a precaution.

Ryan Junor and his son Shay were part of a group searching for old artifacts when they made the shocking discovery. "We certainly weren't looking for bombs," he said.

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Cultra Beach, Ireland A young boy contacted the Police Service of Northern Ireland after he found an unexploded grenade on a County Down beach. An Army technical officer responded to the scene and confirmed it was a live WWI "Mills Bomb" hand grenade.

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Saling, United Kingdom A British EOD unit from Colchester performed a controlled explosion after a member of the public found an unexploded WWI hand grenade. Braintree Police assisted in the operation by providing security and establishing an exclusion zone.

Washington, D.C. A National Park Service crew working on a trail in a section of Fort Totten Park in Northeast D.C. discovered munitions debris from a 75 mm World War I-era shell that was revealed by recent heavy rains.

The section of the park, east of the Fort Totten Metro station and west of South Dakota Avenue Northeast, and bounded to the north and south by Galloway and Gallatin streets, was currently closed.

The Army is evaluating the ordnance and is expected to excavate it and destroy it at the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia. The park was originally part of D.C.'s defenses during the Civil War.

Bel Air, Maryland A couple in Bel Air found a WWI-era UXO while gardening. They notified the Harford County Sheriff's Office who then called in local bomb technicians and ATF agents. Bomb technicians conducted an emergency disposal on-site to safely dispose of the round.

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Denbighshire, United Kingdom Workers upgrading the water lines on the grounds of Bodelwyddan Castle uncovered artifacts dating back to WWI including evidence of munitions. An archeological team was called with support from a civilian UXO contractor to investigate the finds which included spent 303 rifle cartridges, barbed wire, and reportedly fragments of mills hand-grenades as shown below.

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