When Idaho’s Bingham County Historical Society met last week, an item with a special “historical” significance was presented to its president, Vestle Wixom – her wallet, lost for 56 years.

The wallet, recently found behind a movie theater’s concession stand, contained a Blackfoot HS student-activity card from the 1949-50 school year and photos.

A flabbergasted Wixom said, “After all these years, I’d even forgotten about losing it.”

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A bungling German thief stole a karaoke machine, and didn’t notice that he had ripped his down jacket in the process.

He left a Hansel and Gretel-style trail of feathers, which led police from the crime scene to his front door in the city of Bochum.

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A prisoner in Australia lost a dramatic amount of weight to make a dramatic escape.

Authorities say Robert Cole, 35, serving time for sex offenses and armed robbery in New South Wales, slipped his 123-pound body through a gap between the bars on a cell window.

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A Swiss prankster had his last wish fulfilled when his obituary was published as a change-of-address notice.

Published in the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper, it read, “Change of address for Roland Jacob – My new address is the Rehalp cemetery, Plot No. 4276. I look forward to your visit.”

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An Austrian hotel has been ordered to demolish part of its roof because it overhangs into the neighboring Czech Republic.

When it rains, water from the hotel roof falls into Czech territory, violating an international agreement, which requires a 3-foot vacant area on both sides of the border.

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Cops in Edinburgh, Scotland, have found a new way to keep bad kids off the streets and in libraries – and its not with books.

They’re staging video-game competitions featuring Gran Turismo 3, Tiger Woods Golf, and Pro Evolution Soccer.

The kids’ raucous behavior is already improving.

“We told the children they had to behave or they would be banned,” one officer said.