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Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International is the world's busiest airport. It has held this record for the past 21 years. Over 107 million passengers flew through the Atlanta hub in 2018.

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There's an average of 5,000 planes in the sky over the U.S. during peak hours. According to the FAA, peak hours are between 3pm and 10pm GMT. That estimate also includes air traffic from Puerto Rico and Bermuda.
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Pilots and co-pilots are supposed to eat different meals during flights. The FAA does not strictly enforce this rule, but it is strongly encouraged. The rule exists in case there is something wrong with the food and it makes one of the pilots sick. Pilots are also advised to avoid certain foods, like raw fish.
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There are over 5,000 public airports in the U.S. Additionally, there are over 14,000 private airports.
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Over 2.7 million people fly through U.S. airports every day.
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Thanksgiving is the busiest times of year for air travel.

With Thanksgiving being an American holiday rather than one with religious roots, it's a time of year when millions of people are trying to fly somewhere to be with (or away from) their loved ones. It's estimated that over 30 million people travel during that week. Though it has been widely reported that Thanksgiving Eve is the busiest travel day, it's actually the Sunday after when everyone is trying to get back to wherever they originally traveled from.
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Commercial flights typically fly between 31,000 and 38,000 feet.
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Airplanes usually fly at a cruising speed of 575 miles per hour.
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The roots of trick-or-treating go back more than 2,000 years to the Ancient Celts. They celebrated a pagan festival called Samhain on November 1 that marked the end of the harvest season. The night before, they believed the dead returned as ghosts, so they left food and wine on their doorsteps to appease them. In the 8th century, the Christian church replaced Sahmain with All Saints Day, a.k.a., All Hallows. The night before — October 31 — came to be known as All Hallow's Eve, which then, of course, became Halloween.
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Back in the day, revelers couldn't just show up on a doorstep and demand candy; they had to entertain for it. In Middle Ages Britain, kids who were mostly poor went door-to-door dressed in disguise on All Hallow's Eve, singing, dancing, telling jokes and reciting poetry in exchange for food, wine and money. Irish and Scottish immigrants revived the tradition in 19th century America, turning it more or less into the trick-or-treating we know now.
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