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No Quiero Dumbassery

A couple was “magnet fishing” in the Ocklawaha River near Ocala, Fla. — using a magnet to try to locate “precious metal.” After their venture, they put their finds into a five gallon bucket, put the bucket in the trunk, drove to a nearby Taco Bell ...and only then called police to report that their haul included a World War II-era hand grenade. The restaurant was evacuated while the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad responded. Bomb techs “determined that the firing pin mechanism on the grenade did not appear to be functional,” but they removed the grenade for destruction at another location. The Taco Bell was closed for over an hour while the grenade was dealt with. (MS/Ocala Star Banner) ...Not the kind of explosive you expect to find at Taco Bell.