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London’s lost-and-found gets flooded with umbrellas

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Since its inception, the bustling transport network of London has systematically cataloged an unbelievable amount of bizarre lost items. Annually, the transit authority processes roughly tens of thousands of abandoned umbrellas, holding them in massive subterranean warehouses alongside misplaced false teeth, prosthetic limbs, and forgotten wedding dresses.

London’s lost-and-found gets flooded with umbrellas
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