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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 1 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Entering the largest lost property warehouse in Europe feels a bit like heading into a theme park maze - except instead of hedges, there are rows of metal shelves about 10ft high and full of, well, everything.

Can you guess some of the weirdest items that have been left on public transport since TfL's lost property service opened for business 90 years ago?

I pass one member of the inputting team who is logging a shoddy-looking Spider-Man lunchbox; not far to his left there's a rack containing at least 50 used water bottles, each fitted with a unique yellow tag.

Up a staircase, on a platform overseeing all of the site's lost property, there's a section containing the oldest, biggest and strangest items left on TfL lines over the years.

Once it's been confirmed they have your property, they'll let you know how you can reclaim it - either by visiting their office by appointment or having it couriered for an additional cost on top of an admin fee, which can vary depending on what the item is and where it was found.

Or, if you were once the proud owner of a box of cooked frogs, a regal taxidermied fox, or a mystery bollard, you can take pride knowing it may have found its place in TfL museum history.


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