128
It's very easy, and a quick google search for 'antipode' and 'map' will find sites that find it for you.
For example, Antipodes Map either detects your location, or you can enter one, and it'll show you on a zoom-able map where your antipodal destination is.
Unfortunately as shown by the map above, only about 15% of land territory is antipodal to other ...
96
I can think of two reasons. One, sadly, you have disallowed, which is the legroom answer. But what if the answer actually is about legroom? Since I don't have enough room for my knees, I have to straighten my legs, which requires me to put my feet under the seat in front of me. It seems to me that if passengers were supposed to put bags under their own ...
92
According to some studies, tomato juice, and many other foods, actually taste different (better in the case of tomato juice) under the low pressure conditions in an airplane than they do at home.
88
I nominate Paris Vatry airport. 147 km from Paris.
Don’t even think there’s a direct link to Paris...
74
Consider this:
why is the food so bad at large banquets and weddings? (Ever hear the phrase "rubber chicken" to describe an industry awards banquet?)
why is the food so bad in prison?
why is the food so bad in a school cafeteria?
why is the food so bad at a university residence?
In all of these cases, just as on the airplane:
a very large quantity of food ...
71
In a curious coincidence, there was a question about this part of France just a few hours ago.
You are looking at the Noirmoutier area of France, which in the past was one of the world's premier regions for the production of Fleur de Sel:
a salt that forms as a thin, delicate crust on the surface of seawater as it evaporates.
It is produced thus:
One ...
67
One journalist did attempt to research this - both the artificial labs and the natural spaces. He details it in his book - Zero Decibels if you'd like to read it.
The highlights in nature:
Several years ago, the Campaign to Protect Rural England declared a spot in Northumberland the most tranquil place in the country (when the nearby military base isn't ...
67
There is only one location that checks all your boxes, and no others come close: Istanbul. The west part of the city (its historical center) is considered to be in Europe, the part on the eastern side of the Bosphorus strait is in Asia.
There is a bridge that you can drive over, the city is extremely scenic with many beautiful mosques and the Hagia Sophia, ...
60
A return flight from Westray to Papa Westray is a mere £21, or £10.50 per leg. It also happens to be the shortest scheduled flight in the world. Prices haven't changed since at least 2013 and tickets are available on-the-spot.
I'm not sure if any other route can beat that price while being just as consistent.
59
Warning, guesswork ahead -- I couldn't find anything definitive.
Checked baggage is handled at ground level (i.e. that's where it comes out of the plane). Therefore it makes sense to have baggage claim on the same level to save the not inconsiderable energy it would require to move baggage up a floor (and then inconvenience people having to take it down ...
59
As with many questions about extremes, the answer depends on the precise rules you impose.
Hops count as multiple flights: 13 flights. It's reasonable to argue that one should be very permissive when finding record itineraries. As such, the following 13-flight itinerary from SVR to SRV (a dyslexic's nightmare?) is one of the best single answers I know:
...
57
The defunct Ciudad Real Airport, also marketed as "South Madrid Airport", is/was about 200 km (227km from the Puerta del Sol, the official distance) away from Madrid
56
They have the holes because of the machines that made them (check DavidG's answer), anyway this ice cubes with holes are better for planes for a few reasons:
Because they are lighter (believe it or not, every gram in the aviation business counts, plus the ice is not made onboard, it is loaded prior to departure just like the food)
They cool things faster ...
56
Mt Greylock, the highest point of Massachusetts provides a view of at least 5 states.
Vermont
New Hampshire
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Hiking to the top gives one a sense of real accomplishment and the 360
degree vistas are your well earned rewards. North into Vermont/New
Hampshire, south into lower Mass./northern Connecticut, east towards
...
55
There is a website that I was hitherto completely unaware of that aims to cater for this need.
Great British Public Toilet Map
For tourists with smart phones it would be useful as it geolocates the nearest ones in their database (or allows manual search) and provides a facility to add crowd sourced toilet locations along with pertinent details.
These ...
54
From Wikipedia (same article as your other question):
Westray - Papa Westray (Loganair)
flight number: LOG 313,
2.7km (1.7 miles)
02 min,
aircraft: Britten-Norman Islander,
first flight - 3 February 2004
It is obvious from that list that the best option is try searching near the islands. Second place is for the LI 507 (from St. Kitts ...
53
This is in fact a completely legitimate photo. It is from Baarle-Nassau where the borders get really funky.
Indeed, the one house you are looking it is just one of many, though it is probably the most famous. The exact address is Loveren 19, Baarle-Nassau 5111, The Netherlands.
In a situation similar to that along, say, the India-Bangledeshi border, ...
52
I work at Busbud, where we're working to aggregate all the world's bus providers and routes. I had a look though our database. We're sure we don't know about everything yet, but we've found a lot of routes. There are several long routes in South and North America. I compared them using the driving distance calculated by Google Maps.
Looking for trips with ...
51
The gymnastics required to put your bag behind your feet in such a small space would be very interesting. Bending forward and sliding it in, sure that works. But pushing it back when you can't see and your legs are in the way? Most people are not good at bending into pretzels in 31" of space.
50
I used to drink tomato juice religiously on airplanes and never at home. As I started to fly more, I stopped ordering it but I still do occasionally for nostalgia. The reasons are:
it is more filling and closer to food than other juices, especially with a little salt and pepper
it's more expensive than pop or other drinks, which both makes you feel like you'...
49
As Mark noted, no scheduled flights pass directly over Antarctica. As to which goes closest, I think the Qantas flight QF17 / QF18, between SYD (Sydney) and EZE (Buenos Aires), is a good candidate.
Mark said BA to Auckland would be the southernmost flight, but the post he quoted is from 2005 and Qantas started the QF17/18 service in November 2008. Also, ...
49
This question is hard to answer since you would have to define "in use" very precisely. Here are some wild guesses:
Wikipedia has a list of the oldest buildings in the world. Prominently feature tombs/graves/similar and you could well argue they are still in use. That would go back as far as very roughly 4000 B.C.
Stonehenge is believed to have been ...
46
Technically it's entirely possible, and airplane manufacturers release sketches like this regularly. There are three intertwingled main reasons why this hasn't (cough) taken off yet in practice:
Airplanes have really tight regulatory safety requirements, including everybody on board being able to evacuate within a certain number of seconds, and this is ...
44
There are very few mentions of railways in Antarctica. According to this webpage by Glyn Williams, a train enthusiast, there used to be one railway in the French Dumont d'Urville station, used on a very short distance to transport supplies.
On the same page and on some others, there are mentions of multiple places in the far South with former railways. For ...
43
Some years ago I was a part of an operating cabin crew in a flight bound to Dubai, it was the time for one of Dubai's festivals.
Anyway, I was positioned at the back and at the time we already started the descend, the crew chief called me and asked me to take a walk around and ask people to sit because many were standing! the plane was a narrow-bodied ...
43
The United Island Hopper is probably a good candidate for that. MLL (in Alaska) to KSA (in Micronesia) will require 7 stops (at least according to Google):
41
Thanks @Doc for the useful link at Japan Times.
The main reason taxi drivers prefer fender mirrors is that they provide better visibility,” Osuga explained. “There is less of a blind spot so it’s easier to confirm what is happening at the rear and side of the car, especially on the driver’s side.”
Another advantage of fender mirrors compared to door ...
41
Anaechoic Chamber at Orfield Labs
When it comes to soundproof chambers, the quietest place on earth is the Anechoic chamber, at Orfield Labs. Quoting from this article from the Atlas OBscura:
A typical quiet bedroom at night measures about 30 decibels; this chamber measures at -9 decibels. It is made of 3.3-foot-thick fiberglass acoustic wedges, double ...
41
San Diego, California and SAN: about 1.5km from downtown to the airport perimeter, and just over 3 km to the main passenger terminal.
Only top voted, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible
