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Where is the quietest place on Earth?
I just wondered if there is a known "most quiet" place on Earth.
Perhaps people have measured "ambient" sound throughout the year in various places claimed to be the most quiet. And perhaps one has emerged as proven to be quieter than the other…
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Longest uninhabited road segments
I am wondering about the road(s) where the traveller must travel the furthest to meet some (sort of) civilization, e.g. a place where they could get some food or help or some fuel, electricity, etc.
My googling (mostly) failed - and I only found a…
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When and where do I have the highest chance of seeing auroras?
I'm wondering what time of year is best, and what locations might be best, for catching the aurora.
I'm currently thinking of February up at Sweden's ice hotel, but since the whole point of the trip is so that my wife can see the Aurora, I want to…
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Where can someone see flowing lava at roughly Easter time?
A trip is being planned at roughly Easter 2012 (to match school schedules) that can go anywhere in the world as long it meets these two criteria:
there is flowing lava you can see (not just cooled flows, not just smoke/steam)
it is not…
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Where is the smallest park by area?
As I stated in the title, where is the smallest public park (owned by government, local government or a charity such as RHS)?
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Cheapest destination for a white Christmas starting from Sydney?
What is the cheapest destination for a white Christmas, starting from Sydney?
To narrow this down:
we should be reasonably assured of snow on or around Christmas (say 90% chance)
it should be in a country that celebrates Christmas (doesn't need to…
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Where can I spend time in an anechoic chamber?
Acoustic anechoic chambers are enclosed spaces which are highly isolated from outside noise sources and also highly absorbent to any noise produced inside. The one at Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA is in the Guinness Book of…
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Where to find good cave-swimming?
I'd love to travel to a place that has a good cave-swimming adventure.* I'd like it to be:
Safe
Warm
Fun
Suitable for an amateur
Good for photography is a bonus
I'd love it if it's a cave that's connected to the ocean.
Anywhere in the world is…
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Is there any region, island, mountain, or village in Japan known for hot spicy local cuisine?
Within the next few days I'm going to start a trip from the very south of Kyushu to the very North of Hokkaido.
I'm a bit of a foodie and I'm a huge fan of hot spicy food of all kinds, be it black pepper, chili, horseradish, mustard, Sichuan pepper,…
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Are there any women-only places in the world?
It looks like reports of a women-only city in Saudi Arabia are greatly exaggerated. But are there any other places in the world where the population is entirely or almost entirely female?
The place doesn't have to be particularly large, but there…
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Searching for bikeable offensive town names in Europe like "Fucking"
Last summer I did a bicycle tour from Fucking in Germany to Petting in Austria. (I know most people normally do it the other way round)
On the way you can take a lot of funny pictures.
The white sign below is German and the English translation of…
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Snowfall at sea level closest to the equator?
My question is simple. Which is the place closest to Equator, in any country, where has snowfall occured? By that I mean snowfall only at sea level - mountains are excluded.
I can't find anything myself on the internet with reliable sources. In…
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Where's the cheapest place in the world for a beginner to learn diving?
Would it mostly be in Southeast Asia? Or somewhere else?
In response to this Q being "put on hold" for being too broad, let me add the following:
Include only cost of equipment rental and lessons. Exclude cost of getting there, cost of food, cost of…
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Is there a nudist / FKK backpacker hostel anywhere in the world?
So there are thousands of backpacker hostels in the world and there are many FKK beaches, resorts, and other accommodations designed for nudists in the world.
But has anyone yet opened a hostel for nudists anywhere?
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Seeing puffins in their natural habitat
A friend has just returned from Iceland, and while they enjoyed it, they were disappointed not to see puffins as it was the wrong time of year. Where else could you see puffins in their natural habitat - ideally closer to London than Iceland…
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