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1. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Natalie B. Compton, The Washington Post

   These are the 7 weirdest TSA finds of the summer (opens the original)

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   It’s been a busy summer at airports across the country. Even with the World Cup rush behind us, the Transportation Security Administration has been screening more than 2 million passengers daily as Americans and visitors alike embark on a season of travel. That’s a lot of luggage for security screeners to clear. While officers have spent the bulk of their time fishing out full water bottles and family-size sunscreens from our carry-ons, they’ve also stopped some more bizarre items from get

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2. Article · Jul 26, 2026 · Natalie B. Compton, The Washington Post

   ‘This is Jerry’: How a Maine lobsterman and a seagull became friends (opens the original)

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   PORTLAND, Maine - The tourists were lucky. Had they booked their Lucky Catch lobstering excursion a few days earlier, they would have been cooking under a heat dome. Later that week, a torrential downpour would have drenched the tour. But as captain Brian Rapp steered the St. Croix toward the first lobster trap, Maine’s unpredictable weather was holding this morning. The conditions were good for a possible Jerry sighting. Jerry would be Rapp’s “pet” seagull. For the last seven years, Rap

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