The Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, is best known for pat-downs, body scanners and long lines during the holidays.
But on the internet, the organization’s popularity has exceeded that of even Beyoncé. According to Rolling Stone’s list of the Top 100 Instagram Accounts, the TSA has surpassed Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Nikki Minaj and even NASA, securing the spot of Rolling Stone’s fourth best account on the social media network.
That’s because the TSA’s Instagram feed is jam-packed with unusual finds from their security checkpoints: knives disguised as pens, replicas of “Lucille” from AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” and even quite a few Batarangs have been found recently by the TSA as they searched through airline passengers’ carry-on luggage.
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