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And it’s back!

COMPILED BY NIMI KURIAN

Proving boomerangs really do come back, an Australian town celebrated the return of a boomerang stolen from an outback museum by an American tourist 25 years ago. The boomerang, was posted home to the city of Mount Isa in the northern state of Queensland by a Vermont man who named himself in a letter only as Peter. "I removed this back in 1983 when I was younger and dumber. It was the wrong thing to do. I’m sorry, and I’m going to send it back," according to a note read out to Australian media by Mt. Isa mayor Ron McCullough, who added that Peter had also sent a cheque. The boomerang was stolen from the now-closed Frank Aston Underground Museum, which once displayed old mining equipment and Aboriginal artifacts in the town. Boomerangs travel in an elliptical path, returning to a skilled thrower.

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