A toddler stumbled on a deadly relic of World War II while playing outside his family’s home—and then carried it inside to show his parents. The three-year-old discovered the grenade Monday evening in the front yard of his family’s property in Hartline, a small town halfway between Seattle and Spokane, in central Washington, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office said. After the boy handed it over, his parents immediately called authorities around 6:45 p.m. Deputies quickly brought in backup from the Washington State Patrol bomb squad. Technicians confirmed the grenade was still live, even after decades of exposure to the elements. It was safely removed and destroyed in a rural area north of town. “The grenade was of a type used during the Second World War and had clearly been exposed to the el

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