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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Phones, money, food and cities, scaled up until they stop being ordinary, with the real numbers that explain why the world is built the way it is.
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.
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.