Many restaurants in Japan put a small plastic device on tables. When you press it, a chime rings at the waitstaff station or in the kitchen, and a server comes to your table. 

Algis Tamosaitis writes the newsletter Japan or Die, and he explained the table call button for travelers. — Read the rest

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The world's southernmost ATM is at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, at 77°51′ south. It is the only cash machine on the continent.

Atlas Obscura says the machine works the same way as an ATM in the United States, and it gives out U.S. — Read the rest

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