We all grew up terrified of the Bermuda Triangle. How do modern commercial airlines navigate this deadly airspace?

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France boasts the longest domestic flight in the world, covering over nine thousand kilometers from Paris to the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean.

France boasts the longest domestic flight in the world, covering over nine thousand kilometers from Paris to the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean.…

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Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta has somehow maintained its miserable status as the busiest airport in the entire world for over two decades, processing more…

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta has somehow maintained its miserable status as the busiest airport in the entire world for over two…

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Flights traveling from east to west consistently take longer than the same routes flown west to east because of high-altitude winds known as jet streams.

Flights traveling from east to west consistently take longer than the same routes flown west to east because of high-altitude winds known as jet streams. You…

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Passenger airplanes are regularly used to transport human remains in the cargo hold right underneath your feet, affectionately referred to by airport personnel simply as HR.

Passenger airplanes are regularly used to transport human remains in the cargo hold right underneath your feet, affectionately referred to by airport…

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Most of the Sahara isn't sand

If you came looking for endless romantic dunes, you're mostly out of luck. Seventy-five percent of this terrifying wasteland is actually just painfully flat,…

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Time zones do not actually exist at the North Pole or the South Pole because all the lines of longitude converge at the absolute top and bottom of the globe.

Time zones do not actually exist at the North Pole or the South Pole because all the lines of longitude converge at the absolute top and bottom of the globe.…

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We all grew up terrified of the Bermuda Triangle. How do modern commercial airlines navigate this deadly airspace?

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France boasts the longest domestic flight in the world, covering over nine thousand kilometers from Paris to the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean.

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta has somehow maintained its miserable status as the busiest airport in the entire world for over two decades, processing more…

Flights traveling from east to west consistently take longer than the same routes flown west to east because of high-altitude winds known as jet streams.

Passenger airplanes are regularly used to transport human remains in the cargo hold right underneath your feet, affectionately referred to by airport personnel simply as HR.

Most of the Sahara isn't sand

Time zones do not actually exist at the North Pole or the South Pole because all the lines of longitude converge at the absolute top and bottom of the globe.

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