BUBBLE WRAP. Engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes came up the idea for bubble wrap while working on a new type of textured wallpaper in 1957. By sealing two shower curtains together, they trapped a layer of bubbles.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Special agents at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the largest investigative agency in Homeland Security, are classified as criminal investigators. They start at GL-7 with an annual base salary range of $33,829 to $42,055, or GL-9 with an annual base salary of $42,948 to $55,413.
Reality: TSA officers who pat people down make far less than $175,000. TSA transportation security officer salaries range from $25,518 to $44,007 plus locality pay. According to pay scales available at the TSA website, transportation security officers (TSO) are paid, based their assigned pay grades of D or E on the federal SV system, between $25,518 and $44,007 in basic pay.