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Weird News: Historic Hair for Sale, Impatient Bank Robber, Fast Food Flasher and Three Fall Through Grocery Window

Plus, Virginia really is for lovers. Soon, Alexandria might even make it legal!

By Patch staff

Editor's Note: Patch has 31 sites in Virginia and D.C., and not a day goes by that something weird isn't happening somewhere in the area. Here's a look back at some weird goings-on over the past week.

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A lock of hair, letter and pen knife that belonged to Confederate General Robert E. Lee will be auctioned off Saturday at a Falls Church auction house.

The letter has been on loan and display at Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial located at Arlington National Cemetery, for more than 20 years.

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