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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/jenesuispashariselon on 2024-10-09 18:05:39+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that in 2007, hunters found in a bowhead whale a 90 mm head of an explosive bomb lance of a model manufactured between 1879 and 1885, allowing to estimate the animal’s age at between 115 and 130 years.