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Octavian1453 t1_ixneemk wrote

Wait a minute, they just dumped surplus ammo in a lake? And someone thought that was okay??

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Scalpaldr t1_ixodnla wrote

Not only was it okay, it was standard practice around the world. That's why you should never put a piece of amber in your pocket if you find it on some German or Danish beach. There were tons of white phosphorus dumbed into the sea after WWII because they needed to get rid of it and it looks kind of like amber when it washes ashore. Then it dries out in your pocket and sets you on fire, giving awful burns. Always store any found amber in fireproof containers until you can make sure it's the real deal.

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KulFlux3 t1_ixnfnoa wrote

The Nazis dumped lots of ammunition in various different lakes and harbours near the big cities after WW2. There was also an ammunitions factory near this lake which used to dump various ammunitions and other waste in the lake if i recall correctly from the Norwegian article on this.

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MBH1800 t1_ixs99yo wrote

>The Nazis dumped lots of ammunition in various different lakes and harbours near the big cities after WW2.

Just a nitpick, but the Nazis left the ammunition/munitions, locals had to clean it up. And at the time, the general consensus about any kind of trash is that "if it won't burn, it'll sink".

If we knew the amount of 1960s washing machines on the bottom of Norwegian fjords, we'd be surprised.

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