WHAT HAPPENS TO STUFF LEFT AT AIRPORTS? Pennsylvania agreed to accept discarded and confiscated items from security contractors at a dozen airports, then sort the items and sell them on eBay.

LIKE WHAT? The program has handled pocket knives, chain saws, icing-encrusted wedding cake servers, a fishing contest plaque, handcuffs – some fur-lined – a sausage grinder, a man-sized artificial palm tree, auto parts, even a deer antler.

THIS STUFF SELLS? A bulk lot of 500 small Swiss Army knives went for $595. A hunting-season kit including a buck knife, rope, flashlight and all-purpose Leatherman tool sold quickly.