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• Work had begun on the small bungalow retired banker Charles Pole, 81, of Wiveliscombe, England, was building for himself on his property when excavators unearthed the remains of a 13th-century bishop's palace, simultaneously solving a local mystery and bringing construction to a halt.
Historians had been looking for the site, once home to bishops of Bath and Wells, for 200 years, and a spokesperson for the South West Heritage Trust described it to the Somerset County Gazette in early March as a "significant find."
In the meantime, though, Pole is stuck with the bill.
"The cost of the investigation is going to cost me around ($26,000)," he said.
Building will continue after the site is protected and covered over again. [Somerset County Gazette, 3/11/2021]
• Andreas Flaten of Peachtree City, Georgia, quit his job at Walker Luxury Autoworks in November, visibly annoying his boss, he told WGCL-TV, but he was promised his final $915 paycheck would be paid in January.
When the check didn't come, Flaten contacted the Georgia Department of Labor, and one night in mid-March, 500 pounds of oily pennies were anonymously dumped in his driveway, presumably totaling $915.
Flaten has been storing them in a wheelbarrow, but they can't be cashed until they are cleaned. [WGCL, 3/16/2021]