6.02.2008

ALL I EVER FIND IS ABC GUM

The lost and found department of London’s transit system handled a record 170,000 lost items last year. Along with 32,268 books, 27,946 bags and 25,802 items of clothing, the haul also included a stuffed fish, a harpoon gun, one pair of breast implants and several gas masks and inflatable dolls. While the vast majority of the items remain unclaimed the department was able to successfully reunite a bag containing two human skulls with a university professor who used them for his lectures, and were also able to find the proper owner for a suitcase containing £10,000 in cash, which turned out to belong to an old man who didn’t trust banks and carried his savings around with him at all times. (The Telegraph)

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