A small portion of The Great Wall of China
50 Weird Travel Facts You Didn't Know Were True
By MATT BERRY
Jet lag is worse when you travel east. The reason is pretty simple — your internal clock is better prepared to travel backward (west) than speed up (east).
Jet Lag
If you're ever island-hopping in Scotland you can take the world’s shortest commercial flight. From the island of Westray to Papa Westray the flight takes 1 minute and 14 seconds.
Shortest Commercial Flight
The longest commercial flight takes 19 non-stop hours and is from Singapore to New York — that's five meals, two naps, four stretches, and five rom-coms.
Longest Commercial Flight
In Abruzzo, Italy, Dora Sarchese Vineyard lies on an ancient pathway with a fountain that provides free, continuously flowing wine to the public.
Free Public Wine Fountain
It's standard practice that airplane pilots and their co-pilots eat different meals before and during their flights. That way if one pilot gets food poisoning, the other can take over.
Pilots Never Eat The Same Meal