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JIUJIANG, CHINA — A Chinese man, hospitalized with back and chest pains, was found to have an old acupuncture needle lodged in his body.

Xu Long, 60, had complained of pain, but doctors told him it was “just old age.” When he persisted, they ordered an X-ray and discovered a one-inch-long needle in his intestines.

Xu said he hasn’t had acupuncture treatments since 1974.

Doctors removed the needle, which was black and thick with oxidation after moving around inside Xu’s body for decades. Xu is now pain-free.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA — Police are looking for a man who robbed a grocery store last month using a banana.

Officers said the suspect approached the store checkout with his right hand in the pocket of his hoody. He told the clerk he had a handgun and demanded money and cigarettes.

After taking an undetermined amount of cash, he fled on a bicycle.

Surveillance video of the incident showed the man picking up a banana from a produce display and placing it in his pocket seconds before the robbery.

PORT HEDLAND, AUSTRALIA — According to visitors at a riverside campground, campers chased off a feral pig who was ransacking the trash bins. That night, the pig returned and stole three six-packs of beer from one of the campsites.

Later, several campers saw the pig biting open and drinking the 18 cans of beer. Subsequently, other visitors reported the pig being chased around their vehicle by a cow.

After the campground host found the pig asleep under a tree, the animal was tied up, driven several miles from the campground, and left in the forest to sleep it off.