Weird BUT true

The wait was worth it. A wallet that had been missing for around five decades has been returned to its owner, authorities said.

The Great Bend Police Department in Kansas said the wallet was recently turned in to the station with a Social Security card and driver’s license inside.

Police said they tracked down the wallet’s owner, who was “tickled” and told officers that he lost it in the early 1970s.

Two Australian women landed in hot water after a shipment of ginger tea was mistaken for illegal drugs.

Connie Chong and Melanie Lim, both of Sydney, were wrongly imprisoned for months after authorities seized tea they imported from China — and a preliminary test ruled it positive for drugs.

The charges were dropped when a more formal test showed no trace of illegal substances.

Their new neighbors were a buzzy nuisance.

Thousands of bees invaded a vacant home in Atlanta, terrorizing locals.

The hive was first spotted in the spring but had grown so large that neighbors were afraid to step foot outside — until the noisy nest was removed last week.

A North Carolina man said he almost lost out on a nearly $200,000 lottery prize when he forgot that he had bought a ticket.

Gregory Warren, of Franklinville, told lottery officials that he didn’t check the numbers until days after purchasing the winning ticket — worth $195,935 — at an Asheboro convenience store.

He’s on the lamb!

A sheep on the loose in an Illinois town has evaded capture for days.

Residents in Bloomington have spotted the meandering mutton all over town since Oct. 4.

But despite reporting the sheep to animal control, it was still on the loose Thursday, when it was spotted near the local zoo.