A Civil War collector dies when 140 year old cannon ball explodes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080502/...lCuAZQ8ShH2ocA
"More than 140 years after Lee surrendered to Grant, the cannonball was still powerful enough to send a chunk of shrapnel through the front porch of a house a quarter-mile from White's home in this leafy Richmond suburb."