Sometimes the simplest tips are the best. New York's recent cover story "Gridlock at 30,000 Feet" had this gem of a tip for choosing a security line at the airport.
GO LEFT
Statistically, right-handed people (and Americans specifically) have a tendency to turn right when they enter a room.
Pisa's leaning tower gets "toppled"
If you've been planning to visit the world's most tilted tower, you're going to need to exchange those plane tickets to Italy. The Guinness Book of World Records says you'll need to fly to Germany instead. According to a Reuters news report, the upcoming 2009 edition of Guinness has ruled that the record belongs to a church steeple in the small village of Suurhusen, Germany. The Slate Tower, built in the 15th century, tilts at an angle of 5.07 degrees, while the famous Pisa tower only tilts at 3.97 degrees. Whether this is something to celebrate, I leave up to you. After all, the tilting is generally due to shoddy construction and poor planning. But the fact that each structure is still standing after hundreds of years means that the work couldn't have been that bad, right? RELATED Dream Trips: Leaning Tower of Pisa RELATED Trip Coach: Germany for the Holidays Suurhusen photo by edwardyanquen via Flickr and Creative Commons Pisa photo by Argenberg via Flickr and Creative Commons