Over 700 million passengers fly through American airports every year, it's the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) job to search passengers' luggage for contraband.
As you can imagine, over the course of a year the TSA discovers a treasure trove of oddities passing though US airports.
In an effort to educate – and entertain – the TSA have begun an Instagram account to show off some of their more unusual findings.
Screening for banned items such as weapons, illegal drugs or even live animals, staff take their job seriously. However, in the face of the bizarre and improbable items passing through airport x-ray machines, you can detect a hint of humour around their discoveries.
