Traveling can be a lot of fun, as it is the best way to rejuvenate your mind and calm your senses. Whether you prefer adventures by the sea, road, air, or foot, there’s always something new to learn about travel.
Well said by someone – “If travel doesn’t teach you new things, you are doing it wrong”. So, before you jump into the ticket booking process read through the list of crazy travel facts and make the best out of your next vacation.
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Fun Facts About Traveling
The world’s longest flight took around 30 hours.
Sounds surprising? Indeed, it is!! This so-called service was given by Qantas from 1943 to 1945 from Australia to Sri Lanka route. The journey often lasted for 30 hours, and passengers used to witness the sunrise twice on the flight. However, those days are gone, and now the longest commercial flight operates on Singapore to New York route and takes 17 hours and 50 minutes to complete the journey.
A family found natural pearls at a restaurant while eating oysters.
While it might seem weird but the fact is 100% true. It is believed that once a couple ordered a dozen oysters, and after eating a few, one of the diners found something hard and strange, and lo and behold it was a pearl. While this fact is a matter of the past, it happened again in December 2018, when two different diners at two different restaurants in New York City found a pearl in their oyster.
While the odds of finding a natural pearl in an oyster are 1 in 10,000, you should still be
careful while ordering oysters on your next vacation.
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The shortest flight journey completes in less than two minutes.
The two-minute flight journey isn’t a dream anymore. The commercial flight from
Westray to Papa Westray in the Orkney Islands takes only 90 seconds to complete the
journey.
Saudi Arabia has no rivers.
Counted among the prominent tourist destinations, Saudi Arabia is one of the 17
countries without a single river flowing through it.
The time zone remains the same at both ends of China.
Planning your next vacation to China? This fact might help you enjoy the trip without any hassle. Despite spanning five geographical time zones, this country has one set time observed throughout. Its standard time is UTC+8.
Alaska is both the westernmost and easternmost state of the USA.
Alaska refers to the westernmost state of the USA. But Alaska’s Aleutian Islands are
located west of the 180th Meridian, owing to which it automatically becomes the only US state to be partly located in the eastern hemisphere.
Alaska is also the only place in the United States where you can see Musk Oxen, an animal whose descendants walked along the Wooly Mammoth.
Pilot and Co-pilot don’t eat the same meal before the flight.
For passengers’ security, different meals are served to pilots and co-pilots so that if one
of the pilots is incapacitated, the other pilot can take over to complete the journey safely and timely.
Banana is a popular pizza topping in Sweden.
Unlike other countries that often prefer tomatoes, corns, broccoli, and other veggies as
pizza toppings, Swedish people love banana toppings on pizza paired with curry powder.
Facts about Eiffel Tower that most people do not know
- The tower that dots the Parisian skyline, which people world over flock to, the Eiffel Tower was originally built for the 1889 World Fair to showcase to the world the French advances in industry.
- It was meant to be a temporary structure and was supposed to be dismantled after 20 years. The reason it was not dismantled is due to the fact that antennas were erected on top of the tower and they are used to this day to relay signals.
- The people who resided in Paris were totally against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, they felt it was a black mark on their beautiful city.
- Hitler ordered the demolition of the tower, but it was never carried out.
- Can you believe that the repainting of the Eiffel Tower is carried out only by hand using brushes, no modern techniques are used.
Singapore Airlines is a trendsetter
Did you know that Singapore Airlines, one of the best airlines in the world has many
firsts to its credit. The iconic Airbus 380 was first flown by Singapore Airlines and not
only that they were the first to fly the Boeing 787 as well as the Airbus A350.
Trevi Fountain Facts
- Everyone who visits Rome almost always visits the Trevi Fountain, it is one of the major attractions there.
- While at the fountain, you will notice that the water is filled with coins and people keep throwing coins over their head. It is believed that if you throw the coins over your head into the water you will return to Rome again, if you throw twice you will get your love, if you throw thrice you will be married.
- Nearly 3000 euros worth of coins are collected in the fountain every day. The amazing fact is that the money collected in the fountain is contributed to charity.
- Fishing coins from the fountain is punishable by law.
Facts about the Great Wall of China
- Everyone who visits China gets to visit the Great Wall of China.
- It is not one wall but many walls built over thousands of years.
- The widely held belief is that the wall can be seen with the naked eye from space, however, it is not so, the wall cannot be seen with the naked eye from space.
- Did you know that the mixture to bind the material to build the walls was rice, yes, sticky rice was used to hold the bricks together.
Fun facts about Papua New Guinea
- Did you know that in Papua New Guinea there are 851 dialects.
- The most common language is Tok Pisin.
- Did you know birds can be poisonous? If not, you can see some of the world’s poisonous birds when you visit PNG.
- It is also home to the world’s third largest rainforest.
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