That was one of the stranger things that turned up in an informal survey of some area lost and founds, inspired by a book called Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items From Around the World.

As it turns out, a surprising number of people don't spend the time trying to track down their lost cell phones, wallets and keys. But lost and founds will always be there, housing the detritus of our daily lives in a drawer or closet or cardboard box, patiently waiting to see whether the objects' owners ever turn up.

Main Library, downtown

Frequent finds: Clothes, cell phones, keys, planners, Social Security cards, drivers licenses, wallets, glasses, watches.

Strangest finds: Neck x-ray, large vacuum in box, GED certificate in mailer, baby buggies, groceries.

What happens to the stuff: The library inventories lost items and keeps them for about 90 days before they're thrown out, says press officer Rick Helmes. Perishables or items with a bad odor are thrown out immediately. The library keeps drivers' licenses, Social Security cards and keys for about a year and tries to track down their owners, he says.

Newport Aquarium

Frequent finds: Sunglasses, cameras, sippy cups, pacifiers, toys, umbrellas, shoes, cell phones, pagers.

Strangest finds: A hairpiece, shorts, stuffed Tasmanian devil, a cane, Strawberry Shortcake wallet containing 20 cents and a birth certificate. "Why they would bring that to the aquarium, we don't know," says Jill Isaacs, public relations manager.

What happens to the stuff: The aquarium's guest services department inventories the items and writes downs descriptions so items can be located easily if their owners call. After one month, the lost and found drawer is emptied and its contents are donated to charity.

Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport

Frequent finds: Cell phones, keys, credit cards, purses.

Strangest finds: A freezer case of Graeter's ice cream, skis, crutches, a prosthetic leg, dentures, hard hats.

What happens to the stuff: One full-time and one part-time employee exhaust all means to get items back to their owners, says airport police spokesman Lt. Kevin Murphy. Owners of Kroger Plus Shopper's Cards are in luck: police work with the company to find out who owns the keys to which the cards are attached. If police can't find the owner of an item after 60 days, the airport contacts the person who found it to see whether that person wants to keep it. If not, police turn over the items to the Boone County Sheriff's Department for disposal.

Paramount's Kings Island

Frequent finds: Cell phones, glasses, strollers, walkie-talkies

Strangest finds: A glass eye, small satellite dish, walkers. "How do you not know that you've left your walker in the park?" wonders park spokeswoman Maureen Kaiser.

What happens to the stuff: If items remain unclaimed at the end of the season, they're donated to charities.Keys are destroyed at the beginning of the next season.

Anchor Grill, Covington

Frequent finds: Wallets, keys, cell phones

Strangest finds: Dentures, Viagra

What happens to the stuff: The employees of the 24-hour diner try to track down the owners, says owner Carolyn Chapman: "Usually everybody knows where everybody sat." If employees of the 24-hour diner can't find the owners, they donate what's left to charity or "we find somebody for it," Chapman says.