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Valle de la Luna perfectly mimics the lunar surface
The wind and water erosion in this Chilean desert carved the rocks into such bizarre, jagged formations that early space rovers could have easily practiced…
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African equator line boldly slices through thick forests
Standing exactly on the middle of the earth here involves hacking through intense, mosquito-filled jungles. It is a wildly humid trek where the imaginary…
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Ben's Chili Bowl proudly feeds local politicians for free
Washington's fiercely completely famous sausage joint entirely maintains an extremely fiercely highly exclusive completely free comp list. The highly heavily…
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Louis Vuitton started by packing trunks for royalty
Before it became the default handbag for every influencer on Instagram, Louis Vuitton was just a guy who was really, really good at packing boxes. In 1854, he…
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When the Dakar Rally crossed the real desert
Before relocating entirely, this brutally long off-road race forced drivers straight through the massive dunes of the real desert, destroying suspensions and…
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Dubai built a sunken city inside the world's deepest pool
When you literally run out of things to build on land, you start aggressively building downward. Deep Dive Dubai holds the absurd record for the deepest…
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The world's highest ATM sits above 15,000 feet
There is nothing quite like risking altitude sickness just to check your checking account balance. The Khunjerab Pass in Pakistan hosts the world’s highest…
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How Bermuda gets drinking water without rivers or lakes
Living in an absolute tropical paradise sounds incredibly amazing until you realize you cannot actually easily find a drink of water. The stunning island of…
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Air marshals blend in by pretending to be tourists
You'll never spot an air marshal because they specifically train to look like the most boring, average traveler possible. They don't wear dark sunglasses and…
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Why a thumbs-up can be an insult in parts of the Middle East
Taking your aggressively cheerful Western body language abroad is a fantastic way to accidentally tell a local to sit on it. While the internet has softened…
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Why Monaco citizens can't gamble at Monte Carlo casinos
The royal family built a gambling mecca to drain the wallets of wealthy foreigners while strictly forbidding their own citizens from losing a dime. The locals…
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Kaieteur Falls drops in one massive single plunge
Tucked away in the Guyanese jungle is a monstrous waterfall that casually dumps 30,000 gallons of water per second off a sheer cliff, completely dwarfing more…
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Driving a slow tractor on a highway infuriates other drivers
Occasionally, a piece of massive farm equipment absolutely must use a paved public road to get to another field. Because they max out at incredibly low…
Discover moreWhy sea level isn't the same everywhere
Just to ruin your understanding of basic liquids, the ocean does not sit flat. Thanks to gravitational pulls and massive underwater ridges, water actually…
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Japan has a village filled with life-sized scarecrows
Because an aging population requires deeply unsettling replacements. Nagoro replaced its departing residents with life-sized handmade scarecrows posed…
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Why honking in New York can get you fined
Despite what every single movie has taught you about Manhattan traffic, leaning on your horn is technically a violation of municipal noise codes. While it is…
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Oxygen masks deploy automatically upon pressure drops
The pilots do not need to push a panic button to give you air. A simple barometer senses the sudden absence of atmospheric pressure and physically triggers…
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Legoland glues its giant Lego models together
The fiercely colorful theme park actively betrays the fiercely fundamental core philosophy of its completely famous building toy. Because thousands of highly…
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Icebergs are made of fresh water
Despite floating menacingly in extremely salty oceans, these massive frozen hazards are completely pure. They are essentially pristine drinking reservoirs…
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The Grand Canyon got a glass skywalk
Mother Nature spent an estimated six million years carving a majestic, mile-deep gorge through the Earth's crust, but capitalism decided it needed a gimmick.…
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Bull sharks can turn up in golf-course ponds
Retrieving a stray golf ball carries significant bodily risk on certain courses. Floodwaters occasionally wash apex predators right into the water traps,…
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Secret shoppers aggressively critique showers
Somebody is getting paid to judge grout lines. Quality assurance agencies employ perfectly ordinary people to secretly sleep in lodgings and absolutely tear…
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Qantas has never had a fatal crash in the jet era
If you suffer from a crippling fear of fiery plane crashes, you should probably just move to Australia. Despite operating continuously since 1920, Qantas has…
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Why black suitcases vanish at baggage claim
Blending in with the crowd is the absolute worst strategy for baggage retrieval. Thieves exclusively target the generic dark rollers precisely because nobody…
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