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Why does the US drive on the right and the UK on the left?

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Also: The world's tastiest dumplings and Roman engineering marvels View in Browser 03.30.24 In this week's travel  roundup, we bring you transport trivia, Roman engineering marvels and the world's tastiest dumplings.   By Maureen O'Hare   🚖 Did you know? Drive on the left: Classic vintage cabs in London. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/Getty Images) You're probably aware that around 30% of the world's countries drive on the left while 70% drive on the right. But have you considered why? In Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte had a big hand in it, while in the United States, we need to go back to the time of wagon trains. Read more here .   When flying around the world, and particularly in hot spots such as London, you may have been told your airplane is being kept in a "holding pattern."  We explain  what they are and why they happen.   And as airline after airline raises checked bags fees, it makes yo

For your own safety, I highly recommend reading this email.

Hello, You are in big trouble. However, don't panic right away. Listen to me first, because there is always a way out. You are now on the radar of an international group of hackers, and such things never end well for anyone. I'm sure you've heard of Anonymous. Well, compared to us, they are a bunch of schoolboys. We are a worldwide network of several thousand professionals, each with their own role. Someone hacks corporate and government networks, someone cooperates with intelligence agencies on the most delicate tasks, and someone (including me) deals with people like you to maintain the infrastructure of our group. "What kind of people like me?" - that is the question you are probably asking yourself now. The answer is simple: people who like to watch highly controversial and, shall we say, unconventional pornography on the internet that most normal people would consider perverted. But not you! In order to leave you without any doub

For your own safety, I highly recommend reading this email.

Hello, You are in big trouble. However, don't panic right away. Listen to me first, because there is always a way out. You are now on the radar of an international group of hackers, and such things never end well for anyone. I'm sure you've heard of Anonymous. Well, compared to us, they are a bunch of schoolboys. We are a worldwide network of several thousand professionals, each with their own role. Someone hacks corporate and government networks, someone cooperates with intelligence agencies on the most delicate tasks, and someone (including me) deals with people like you to maintain the infrastructure of our group. "What kind of people like me?" - that is the question you are probably asking yourself now. The answer is simple: people who like to watch highly controversial and, shall we say, unconventional pornography on the internet that most normal people would consider perverted. But not you! In order to leave you without any doub

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Greetings, I am sorry, but I have to start with the bad news. A few months ago, I gained access to your account linked to OS, and therefore to all the devices you use for internet browsing. Then it was easy for me to install special software on all your devices that tracked your every keystroke and mouse movement. After that, gaining access to your personal e-mail peeker.news.foods@blogger.com was no longer a problem. Password from peeker.news.foods@blogger.com : fdsfs@afg55 I'm not a genius or a brilliant hacker. You are just completely careless about digital hygiene and internet safety. You seem to be completely unaware of incognito tabs, VPN, TOR, and clicking on suspicious email links. And here is the point of my email - I have accessed not only your browser history and files but also your webcam. Not only did I record you pleasuring yourself watching a video of highly controversial content, but I also got all your digital conversations. Lest you think i

Skinny-dipping, a skipped flight and a new beginning

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Travel love stories, the beginning of the end, and the happiest countries View in Browser 03.23.24 In our travel round-up this week: love stories of missed flights and strong connections, the Greek island where the end of the world began, and dramatic new plans for the world's biggest plane.   By Maureen O'Hare   ❤️ Love is in the air Bianca Gignac, right, with Alessandro Morelli (Bianca Gignac) Canadian Bianca Gignac was amazed to find herself skinny-dipping in Cinque Terre with an Italian shipyard worker she'd just met. On an impulse, she skipped her flight home to be with him. That was 2003 and their journey together's not over yet .   In another sunny paradise, the handsome Hawaiian Airlines flight attendant who gave solo traveler Christian Friese directions at Honolulu Airport played on her mind during her trip. Then he picked up a shift on her return flight and life took a new route.   And Guillermo