TSA keeping over $700,000 left at security checkpoints last year

Did you know about the impressive "piggy bank" that is the airport security line? With over half a million dollars in unclaimed money accumulated in just 2015 alone, we're curious what happens to all that loose change.

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As it turns out, each year, TSA has to report to congress two things at the end of each year: how much money was collected at each individual airport and exactly what the money will be used for.

According to a report shown on this original article, unclaimed pocket change ranged from just under $300 at Tucson International Airport, to over $19,000 at Boston's Logan International Airport, to a whopping $55,000 at Los Angeles International Airport.

In total, the collected amounted to $765,759.15. What will they be using it for? Expanding the TSA PreCheck program.