Explosive History

A week or two ago, we were turned away from the rue des Martyrs, which had been entirely shut down by the Gendarmes. That kind of thing is pretty rare, and I just found out today that it was because they had unearthed an unexploded bomb! During my orientation more than eight years ago, I learned that they excavated a staggering amount of unexploded bombs during the construction of the ESRF. They were from various wars, if my memory is correct.