Monday, September 20, 2010

Interesting travel trivia

Harpers has put together an assortment of quirky travel tidbits. Here is a sample:
Old Safe at ghost town of Bodie. Not related, just interesting...

Amount of loose change recovered at U.S. airport-security checkpoints since 2005: $1,050,371.78
(since 10/08, wonder what it's up to today...)

Chances that a worker anywhere in the world is employed by the travel and tourism industry: 1 in 15

Average number of miles an item of food consumed in the United States travels before it is eaten: 1,200

To read more, visit Harper's.

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Posted by Carl Burnham at 11:58 PM
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