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Map centered on New York, showing major international flight paths to cities such as London, Rome, Delhi, Sydney, Tokyo, and Honolulu. Arrows indicate the direction of travel, with numbers around the edge representing time zones crossed. A scale at the bottom explains that crossing one time zone equates to approximately one day of jet lag, with days of jet lag increasing as more time zones are crossed.

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Map centered on New York, showing major international flight paths to cities such as London, Rome, Delhi, Sydney, Tokyo, and Honolulu. Arrows indicate the direction of travel, with numbers around the edge representing time zones crossed. A scale at the bottom explains that crossing one time zone equates to approximately one day of jet lag, with days of jet lag increasing as more time zones are crossed.

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Map showing travel from New York City to cities around the world. Each number corresponds...

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