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Bananas don’t grow in Tokyo. That hasn’t stopped them from becoming a symbol of the city anyway

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — You can’t visit Tokyo without seeing them. These pale-yellow boxes of individually wrapped bite-size cakes are emblazoned with images of the capital’s most famous tourist attractions and, sometimes, with some of Japan’s most recognizable animated characters. Every year, hundreds of thousands of gold-ribbon-wrapped packages of Tokyo Banana are sold

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Which country flies the most? Where are people going? And in which planes? 2024 aviation stats revealed

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In our roundup of travel news this week: the secret tunnel city underneath Rome, China’s “8D city” where trains pass through walls, plus a new report reveals the world’s busiest flight routes, biggest aviation markets and most popular planes. The world’s plane-loving nations Isn’t data just delicious? The International

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Pete Davidson at "SNL50: The Anniversary Special" at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on February 16

Pete Davidson thought the star-studded audience at the ‘SNL50’ special was ‘terrible’

By Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — “SNL50” was a historic broadcast which brought together past “Saturday Night Live” hosts as well as former and current cast members to celebrate the monumental anniversary of the long-running NBC comedy show. But not everyone fully enjoyed it. “As you know from ‘SNL40’… terrible audience,” Pete Davidson, who

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