Travel & Places

Travel & Places Every year, a regatta is held in Alice Springs. Due to the lack of water in Central Australia, contestants have to carry bottomless "boats" trough a dried-out river. When the river did carry water in 1993, the regatta became "the only regatta ever cancelled because of wet weather". November 27, 2020

Travel & Places After 4 years of coming last for amount of tourists in the United States, Nebraska changed their slogan to "Nebraska: Honestly it's not for everyone". October 28, 2020

Travel & Places Among the many bizarre requests received by Virgin Atlantic flight attendants were: "Could you turn the engines down because they are too noisy?"; "Please can the Captain stop the turbulence?"; "Can you take my children to the playroom?"; and "Is there a McDonald's onboard?" October 25, 2020

Travel & Places Underneath the streets of Beijing, there are over a million people who live in nuclear bunkers. June 8, 2019

Travel & Places Pilots departing from California's John Wayne Airport are required by law to cut their engines and pitch nose down shortly after takeoff for about 6 miles in order to reduce noise in the residential area below. May 8, 2019

Travel & Places The oldest bar in the world is in Ireland. Archeological records have found that the walls of Sean's Bar have been around, and serving, since 900 AD. Further, there are records of every owner of the pub back to its 10th century founding. It opened over 1100 years ago. May 1, 2019

Travel & Places The average delay of a Japanese bullet train is just 54 seconds, despite factors such as natural disasters. If the train is more than five minutes late, passengers are issued with a certificate that they can show their boss to show that they are late. April 28, 2019

Travel & Places Two inmates sued the state of Alabama, claiming the cramped space in their cell was a cruel and unusual punishment. The state argued that students at Auburn University actually paid to live in even smaller living space in the Magnolia Dorm. The inmates lost the case. April 9, 2019

Travel & Places The japanese passport is the strongest passport in the world in terms of travel freedom alongside Singapore and South Korea. Japanese citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 189 countries and territories including the world's four largest economies - China, India, USA and the EU. April 2, 2019