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Stolen Civil War cannonballs found in luggage

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Boing Boing reports that TSA staff discovered five Civil War-era cannonballs in a passenger's checked luggage at Gulf Shores International Airport in Alabama. The munitions had gone missing from nearby Fort Morgan, and investigators determined a child had pilfered them and placed them in their grandmother's suitcase.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2026/07/31/1117952.html

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