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British fish and chips are heavily drenched in malt vinegar
The ultimate comfort food involves taking perfectly crispy fried goods and deliberately making them soggy with highly acidic liquid. It is a bizarre culinary…
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Thai street food involves sitting on tiny plastic stools
Enjoying a world-class bowl of spicy noodles requires contorting your body onto a brightly colored seat designed for a toddler. It is a humbling ergonomic…
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Where steam trains still rumble through Eastern Europe
While most places have upgraded to sleek electric bullet trains, some remote areas still rely on aggressively loud, coal-chugging metal beasts. It is a…
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Socks with sandals remains the ultimate tourist uniform
It takes a special breed of confidence to pair woolly footwear with open-toed summer shoes. This horrifying fashion statement is universally recognized as the…
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Why alcohol can hit harder on a plane
Two plastic cups of awful airplane cabernet basically hit your bloodstream like a full bottle on land. Because airplanes are pressurized to simulate an…
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Why ancient builders left giant stones in the quarry
Ancient quarry workers carved incredibly massive stones intended for a grand temple, only to suddenly abandon them in the dirt. It turns out carving a…
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Workers once moved an entire theater down the street
Refusing to let a historic entertainment venue be demolished for a stadium, workers loaded the entire massive brick building onto rubber tires. They literally…
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Stone moai statues were moved across Easter Island
Early inhabitants carved towering, insanely heavy heads out of rock and decided they needed to be miles away. Using ropes and brute force, they aggressively…
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Gemini telescope parts were hauled up a Hawaiian mountain
To peer deeply into the cosmos, scientists decided the absolute best place for a fragile, colossal mirror was the peak of a dormant volcano. Trucks spent…
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Commuter ferries burn thousands of gallons of diesel
While politicians boast about expanding eco-friendly transit, the massive boats used to drag commuters across harbors are casually guzzling enormous vats of…
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Why subway musicians have to audition
That guy passionately playing a bucket drum next to the turnstiles is likely a licensed performer. Because chaotic sound systems echoing down tiled tunnels…
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Automatic transmissions ruined the stick shift market
The visceral act of manually engaging a clutch and physically ripping a lever into gear was once the standard of driving. Then, manufacturers figured out how…
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Carpooling lanes remain mostly empty during rush hour
Designed to encourage ridesharing and environmental responsibility, high-occupancy lanes are mostly used as personal speedways for the three people who…
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Bus lanes are frequently ignored by delivery drivers
Cities spend millions painting bright red lanes to ensure mass transit vehicles can bypass agonizing gridlock. Predictably, gig economy workers and massive…
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Motorcades disrupt daily commutes for thousands
Nothing reminds you of your absolute insignificance quite like an entire highway being shut down so an important official can pass through. Flashing lights…
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Why diesel trains burn fuel all night
Unlike your personal sedan, shutting down a massive locomotive engine in freezing weather is a terrible idea. If the heavy fluids inside the giant block cool…
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When a subway ticket fails, the turnstile fights back
The metal arms guarding the entrance to underground platforms are perfectly calibrated to cause maximum blunt-force trauma if your fare card malfunctions.…
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Diesel buses fill city streets with unburnt fuel fumes
Every time one of these heavy transit vehicles aggressively accelerates away from a curb, it belches a thick, acrid cloud of exhaust directly into the faces…
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Bicycle lanes often end abruptly in busy intersections
Urban planners love to paint a solid green stripe down the side of a road and call it eco-friendly infrastructure. However, these dedicated lanes magically…
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Why Paris banned rental scooters
After growing entirely exhausted by tech startups clogging their historic boulevards with rentable two-wheelers, citizens took matters into their own hands.…
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Central Park is the world's most filmed location
If a rom-com exists and a couple doesn't awkwardly bump into each other on a leafy New York path, did the movie even happen? Central Park is officially the…
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Why Alaska is both the easternmost and westernmost state
Alaska looked at the compass and decided that merely being the furthest north and west simply wasn't greedy enough. Alaska is obviously the westernmost state…
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Standardized hotel check-out demands early exits
Despite paying for a full day of accommodation, the brutal morning cut-off ensures you only get twenty hours of shelter. This aggressive eviction schedule is…
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A plug adapter won't convert electricity
Buying a simple plastic plug adapter ensures your device fits into the wall, but it does absolutely nothing to regulate the electricity. Plugging a North…
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