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Something to think about next time your flight is delayed. Also, 7 other things worth your time.

Our story today starts with bad weather in England half a century ago (January 18, 1971, to be exact) and a passenger jet from New York City that was headed to London but got diverted to Shannon, Ireland, as a result.

Everyone got off and slogged into the airport. The weather could lift at any time, so the passengers couldn’t stray far from the terminal…