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Every year across the nation, Belgium’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Destruction Service responds to more than 3,000 calls and disposes of 200 to 250 tons of munitions left over from both world wars.

Charlotte Cardoen-Descamps points out different types of World War I shells that were found on her farm in Poelkapelle, Belgium, May 4, 2007, in what is known as the "iron harvest". (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

That's a lot.

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