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January 31st, 2010, 21:20
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2010/01/unclaimed_luggage.jpgThe Unclaimed Baggage Center (http://www.unclaimedbaggage.com/), a real, live place where—wait for it—unclaimed airline baggage goes to market, is a smorgasbord of eclectic lost gadgets, guidance systems and diamonds, oh my:
For those gadget lovers amongst us, there's a $250,000 Navy guidance system. Maybe all the military transports were full that day? Also, there's a camera designed specifically for the space shuttle. Perhaps someone at NASA was delivering it to a buyer (if that's the case, we doubt the engines (http://gizmodo.com/5450267/free-nasa-space-shuttle-engines) will be "mailed" in quite the same way). Just add some unclaimed weaponry and the Unclaimed Baggage Center (http://gizmodo.com/tag/unclaimedbaggagecenter/) might be comparable to the armies in some third world countries.
For movie buffs, the original Hoggle puppet from Labyrinth was also lost and found by the Center, as was a real, live snake on a plane (rattlesnake).
Indiana Jones might have been flying the day a suitcase full of Egyptian artifacts was lost and never claimed. There were also a number of unclaimed diamonds and jewels, with some of the former having been found hanging out inside a loose sock. [Mental Floss (http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/42448) via Consumerist (http://consumerist.com/2010/01/10-of-the-strangest-unclaimed-baggage-items-ever-found.html)]
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For those gadget lovers amongst us, there's a $250,000 Navy guidance system. Maybe all the military transports were full that day? Also, there's a camera designed specifically for the space shuttle. Perhaps someone at NASA was delivering it to a buyer (if that's the case, we doubt the engines (http://gizmodo.com/5450267/free-nasa-space-shuttle-engines) will be "mailed" in quite the same way). Just add some unclaimed weaponry and the Unclaimed Baggage Center (http://gizmodo.com/tag/unclaimedbaggagecenter/) might be comparable to the armies in some third world countries.
For movie buffs, the original Hoggle puppet from Labyrinth was also lost and found by the Center, as was a real, live snake on a plane (rattlesnake).
Indiana Jones might have been flying the day a suitcase full of Egyptian artifacts was lost and never claimed. There were also a number of unclaimed diamonds and jewels, with some of the former having been found hanging out inside a loose sock. [Mental Floss (http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/42448) via Consumerist (http://consumerist.com/2010/01/10-of-the-strangest-unclaimed-baggage-items-ever-found.html)]
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