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I really enjoyed this slideshow of photographs depicting10 items found on the London Underground that the Guardian posted. The list consists of:

1. A camera
2. A case full of dentures
3. A safari pith helmet
4. A skateboard
5. A full-size taxidermied fox
6. An early-model motorola phone (which looks fit for a museum)
7. A taxidermied blowfish (pufferfish)
8. A panoply of umbrellas (three pictured)
9. A child’s toy ape
10. A gas mask

Fascinating. Scrolling through I couldn’t help imagining the circumstances under which some of these objects were left behind. Does London have a drunken taxidermist stumbling around, forlornly searching for his fox and blowfish? Was the gas mask abandoned by a passenger who decided the end wasn’t coming after all? How do you leave behind your teeth?!

I was also reminded of one of my favourite features we’ve done on AbeBooks. In case you missed it the first time around, check out Found in Books, a compendium of all the weird, wonderful and occasionally disgusting objects people have found abandoned in books. The list includes:

-human teeth
-bacon
-thousands of dollars cash
-a cockroach
-a condom (unused)
-a cotton swab (used)

and much, much more.

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