Over the ensuing twenty years mountains of discarded debris, shell casings, and castoff equipment were slowly recycled, with mass-produced town crest motifs being stuck onto bullets, shell casings, fuse caps, and other paraphernalia to be sold to tourists
Workers who spent careers in B&W's Louisville facilities raised families, bought homes, and sent children to local schools on wages earned processing, packaging, and printing the products and the coupons that would eventually be found in homes across the entire country
Around the time you could buy a lighter with as many tiered angles as Rockefeller Center, ads were featuring doctors giving their professional approval, or a puffing penguin chirping Save Your Throat! while tossing a life preserver
Between January 1 and February 13, 2026 (when the FAA most recently updated its online incident report), there were seven verified incidents (and an additional seven pending verification)
