Why do thousands of passengers suddenly crave and order tomato juice while flying, but never on land?

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Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that lasted a mere twenty-three minutes.

Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that…

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Contrails left behind by high-altitude jet airplanes are not chemical mind-control sprays, but simply artificial clouds created by hot engine exhaust instantly freezing in the frigid upper atmosphere.

Contrails left behind by high-altitude jet airplanes are not chemical mind-control sprays, but simply artificial clouds created by hot engine exhaust…

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Vatican protocol dictates that whenever the Pope travels abroad by air, the specially chartered commercial flight is officially designated by air traffic control as Shepherd One.

Vatican protocol dictates that whenever the Pope travels abroad by air, the specially chartered commercial flight is officially designated by air traffic…

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Functional parachutes were conceptualized and successfully tested hundreds of years before anyone actually managed to invent a working airplane to jump out of.

Functional parachutes were conceptualized and successfully tested hundreds of years before anyone actually managed to invent a working airplane to jump out…

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How firefighting planes refill from lakes

Landing to refill tanks takes far too long when a forest is currently a blazing inferno. These insane amphibious planes skim the surface of a nearby lake at…

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Commercial flights cruise at exactly thirty-five thousand feet primarily because the air is incredibly thin, which allows the plane to fly faster while burning significantly less jet fuel.

Commercial flights cruise at exactly thirty-five thousand feet primarily because the air is incredibly thin, which allows the plane to fly faster while…

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Why do thousands of passengers suddenly crave and order tomato juice while flying, but never on land?

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Tony Jannus piloted the world's very first scheduled commercial airline flight in 1914, transporting a single paying passenger across Tampa Bay in a trip that lasted a mere twenty-three minutes.

Contrails left behind by high-altitude jet airplanes are not chemical mind-control sprays, but simply artificial clouds created by hot engine exhaust instantly freezing in the frigid upper atmosphere.

Vatican protocol dictates that whenever the Pope travels abroad by air, the specially chartered commercial flight is officially designated by air traffic control as Shepherd One.

Functional parachutes were conceptualized and successfully tested hundreds of years before anyone actually managed to invent a working airplane to jump out of.

How firefighting planes refill from lakes

Commercial flights cruise at exactly thirty-five thousand feet primarily because the air is incredibly thin, which allows the plane to fly faster while burning significantly less jet fuel.

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