Where Does Lost Luggage Go? Inside the Alabama Store That Buys It
After about 90 days of searching, most US airlines sell unreturnable bags sight unseen to one Alabama store. SITA counted 33.4 million mishandled in 2024.
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Are Video Games More Expensive Than Ever? GTA VI's $80 in Real Dollars
GTA VI's $79.99 tag looks like a record, but in September-2026 dollars a 1995 Super Nintendo cartridge cost about $166, or 2.07 times as much.
Why Keyboards Are QWERTY: The Jam Myth vs. the Telegraph Record
The first typewriter sold, in 1868, had 28 keys in A-to-Z order. QWERTY came later, shaped by telegraph users, its inventor and a fight over patents.
First Billionaire: Did Rockefeller Ever Actually Reach $1 Billion?
Rockefeller was crowned the first billionaire in 1916, yet biographer Ron Chernow puts his peak at $900 million in 1913, $100 million short of the headline.
Can Flying Higher Protect the Space Station From the Sun?
In a 1997 NASA-contractor simulation under a 1958-strength Sun, a station starting at 450 km lost 45 km in 90 days. From 400 km, it lost 147 km.
How fast does the Space Station fall? It depends on the Sun
Without reboosts, NASA gives the ISS one to two years. In a 1997 NASA-contractor study, a stormy-Sun run fell about 16 times faster than a quiet-Sun run.
How Many People Are in the Sky Right Now? About 1.5 Million
At an average moment in 2024, about 1.5 million paying airline passengers were airborne worldwide, only about one ninth of the 13 million boardings a day.