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A thrift store called the cops after someone donated a WWII grenade they'd been using as a paperweight

Local police said the grenade was a decommissioned WWII-era Mills grenade. A thrift store in Canada had a scare on Monday after staff found a WWII-era hand grenade in their donation bin. The ...
Mental Floss

Where Did the Paperweight Come From?

Peter Miller via Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 It’s hard to argue with Brendan I. Koerner who, in his 2006 piece for The New York Times, says “The store-bought paperweight is something of a metaphor for ...
Oregonian

Paperweights' tiny worlds in glass capture a Beaverton woman's heart and home

When Keren Hoover was 15, her parents returned from a trip to Italy with three paperweights for her. The small glass orbs were millefiore-style paperweights, one of the most popular designs, holding a ...
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A thrift store called the cops after someone donated a WWII grenade they'd been using as a paperweight

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