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Ultra-long-haul routes such as Singapore to New York run close to 19 hours nonstop.
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World · Around the World
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Contrails form when hot humid exhaust meets cold air and freezes, which is why they appear only at altitude.
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World · Around the World
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Wings are tested to flex far beyond anything turbulence produces. The discomfort is real, the danger mostly is not.
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World · Around the World
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The first duty-free shop opened at Shannon Airport in 1947 to serve transatlantic refuelling stops.
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Shannon, Ireland · Around the World
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Wheeled luggage was only patented in 1970, and the upright rolling case with a long handle arrived in 1987.
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World · Around the World
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Magnetic stripe keycards were introduced to solve the expensive problem of guests walking off with metal keys.
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World · Around the World
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Some hotels skip or renumber room 420 because the sign disappears so often.
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World · Around the World
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Superstition means a large share of tall buildings label the 13th floor as 14, especially in North America.
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World · Around the World
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In Chinese, Japanese and Korean the word for four sounds like death, so floors and room numbers often omit it.
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East Asia · Around the World
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Tipping is expected in the United States, unusual in Japan where it can cause offence, and rounded up in much of Europe.
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World · Around the World
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In Bulgaria and parts of Greece a head shake can mean yes and a nod can mean no.
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Bulgaria · Around the World
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The thumbs-up gesture is offensive in several countries, so travellers are safer with words.
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Middle East and West Africa · Around the World
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Orderly single-file queuing is a strong norm in Britain and Japan but far looser in many other countries.
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World · Around the World
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About 35 percent of the world's population drives on the left, mostly in former British territories.
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World · Around the World
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Around 17 countries, mostly desert or small island states, have no permanent natural rivers.
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Saudi Arabia and others · Around the World
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Both microstates import essentially all their food, having no agricultural land at all.
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Europe · Around the World
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The United States, Liberia and Myanmar are the main holdouts from full metric adoption.
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World · Around the World
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Nepal's double pennant is the famous exception, while Switzerland and the Vatican use squares.
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World · Around the World
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Border towns sometimes straddle a time zone line, so neighbours legally live an hour apart.
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World · Around the World
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The line passes through thirteen nations, including Ecuador, Kenya, Indonesia and Brazil.
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Equator · Around the World
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GPS uses a reference meridian about 100 metres east of the brass line at Greenwich, due to a different geodetic model.
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Greenwich, England · Around the World
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Around 44 countries have no sea access, and two of them are surrounded entirely by other landlocked states.
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World · Around the World
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In Baarle the border weaves through houses and cafes, with tiles marking which country your table is in.
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Baarle, Belgium and Netherlands · Around the World
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The Arbez hotel sits on the France-Switzerland border, with the line running through rooms and a staircase.
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Haute-Savoie, France · Around the World
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