Who Made It?

The employees at the Unclaimed Baggage Centre at Scottsboro Airport have made some interesting finds over the years, most notably a camera from a space shuttle and – amazingly – the missile guidance system of a fighter jet. Someone must have had a lot of explaining to do...

Robert Hooke unknowingly discovered plant cells. In 1665, he used a compound microscope to examine a wide variety of objects. On observing the surface of a cork, he noted down 'pores', which were in fact plant cells!

Let’s put a rumor to rest. Our bespectacled statesman, Ben Franklin, never proposed the turkey as a national bird. He was fond of the turkey, and yes, he did say that he thought the turkey 'a much more respectable Bird’ than the eagle, but he also thought the eagle was an appropriate symbol for our fledgling nation.