Well, this is embarrassing. The concept of the so-called “ugly American tourist” has been around for decades. You probably know the kind of people I’m talking about. The ones who …
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Humans have a long history with tobacco, dating as far back as 2000 years ago. That’s when the plant (which had already been growing wild for 6000 years) began to …
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Friends, I’m going to be 100% honest with you. Until a few years ago, I had never heard of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. And if I could go several decades …
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Have you ever seen somebody do something you felt was so wrong that it made you enraged, and yet their reasoning for doing it was 100% correct, all at the …
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Every once in a while airlines like to tweak the maximum size and/or weight your bags can be. Like when: Alaska Airlines lowered the max of their carry on bags …
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I’m admittedly a little obsessed with passports right now. Probably because I just went through the experience of renewing mine. And after all the worry that I wouldn’t get my …
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The LEGO company got its start in 1932. Originally a maker of wooden toy bricks, the company progressed to interlocking bricks in the late 1930s. By 1958, the basic pieces …
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Joe is definitely the points and miles person in our family. Me, I enjoy the benefits of his hobby but really don’t care about which plane is newer, bigger and …
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Boarding passes are pretty powerful things, y’all. I mean, THEY GET YOU ONTO PLANES! But even beyond that, they have code embedded into them that can potentially tell your whole …
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If you’re a travel geek, you’ve probably heard of United’s MillionMiler program. Part of the airline’s MileagePlus program, it rewards members for extraordinary, long-term loyalty to United Airlines. The MillionMiler …