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Man Accidentally Throws Away $23,000 Into Recycling Bin
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A man who accidentally tossed $23,000 into the recycling bin reunited with his life savings Saturday after a worker at a recy- cling facility in Northern California spotted a shoebox stuffed with money.
When the man from Ashland, Oregon, realized
his mistake on Thursday, the recycling bin had already been emptied into a truck bound for the Recology sorting facility in Humboldt County.
The facility’s gen- eral manager told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat most of the recy- clables from the truck had been sorted by the
time the man contacted Recology. Workers were nonetheless told to be on the look- out for the box.
Someone spotted the box down the sorting line Friday and recovered all but $320. The money somehow stayed in the box during the 200- mile trip to the facility.
TSA Bans Star Wars Coke Bottles FromFlights Because They Look Like Bombs
By Dami Lee
It’s common sense that you shouldn’t bring replicas of firearms or explo- sives onto a flight, but now, that rule also applies to fiction- al weapons. The Transportation Security Administration confirmed to a Twitter user earli- er this month that souvenir Coke bottles shaped like thermal deto- nators
from Disneyland’ s Star Wars: Galaxy’s
Edge theme park would not be allowed in carry- on or checked bags.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opened at Disneyland in May, and it offers guests some neat souvenirs like
custom droids a nd lightsabers. On the more affordable end of the keepsake spectrum are the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, and Sprite bottles with logos translated into Aurebesh. Unfortunately, the Imagineers that worked on the packaging did too good of a job, and TSA clarified further yesterday that even with
the decorative lid removed, the bot-
tle would still not be allowed through security.
Despite the offi- cial confirmation from the
TSA, some guests say they’ve been able to slip through security with their souvenir Coke bottles just fine. So maybe if you’re planning on sneaking them into your luggage, take the decorative bottle cap off, just to be safe.
If you don’t want to risk it, may I suggest bringing home some blue milk from Bubo Wamba Family Farms?