Ask 100 Americans to name the most annoying aspect of travel, and we’d wager that the No. 1 answer on Family Feud would be airport security checkpoints. Nobody likes body scans or patdowns, but the TSA does find lots of contraband, including things both dangerous and bizarre. Here are a few items—the agency calls them “voluntarily abandoned property”—discovered in carry-on bags at Lambert–St. Louis International Airport.
Knife disguised as a comb
Meat cleaver
Stun gun disguised as lipstick
Throwing knives
Brass knuckles purse full of knives
Machete
