stackyFACTSIn a peak display of multi-tasking, historical airlines printed mailing addresses on their waterproof vomit bags. If you managed to survive the turbulence without losing your lunch, you could stuff your rolls of camera film into the barf bag and mail it directly to a photo processing lab.
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