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January 6, 2013

World’s Busiest Airport Shut Down Over Scary Toothbrush

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By: Matt Molnar
Tags: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)

This is a scary toothbrush.

Part of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was shut down for over half an hour on Friday after TSA screeners discovered a suspicious device—a device that turned out to be a toothbrush.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the shutdown of the North Terminal occurred when airport workers noticed vibration from a bag checked for an AirTran flight.

There was no word on whether the airport employees who reported the toothbrush had ever seen this classic scene from the movie Fight Club.

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Just hillarious … great meme

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