Places

PLACES

It’s the cradle of Western civilization, but the advancements made in ancient Greece often overshadow its terrifying dark side.

THINGS

Aside from an 80-foot waterslide and an Olympic sized swimming pool, Drake’s home also features a mechanical bull.

PLACES

In 1975 in Australia, a political feud led to a government shutdown resulting in the Queen stepping in and firing everyone.

PLACES

During a food shortage in WWI, an army supply ship docked in Amsterdam and had to fight off men and women looting the supplies.

PLACES

Japan’s Kabukicho Robot Restaurant resembles an automated gentleman’s club, complete with raunchy robots.

PLACES

In Jamaica, to symbolize growth and connection with the child’s roots, families bury a baby’s placenta and plant a tree on top of it.

THINGS

The MahaNakhon in Bangkok was made to appear as though it is pixelated.

PLACES

In Paris, it is illegal to distribute images of the Eiffel tower taken at night due to copyright issues regarding the light display.

PLACES

In 2013, it was reported that one of Oxford’s Bullingdon Club’s initiation rituals required members to burn a £50 note in front of a beggar.

PLACES

Yellowstone National Park is actually a super volcano, and it threatens the existence of life on Earth.

PLACES

In 2011, Tokyo's Shiodome Nihon TV Studios recorded one of the greatest human feats of all time, when 21 members of the Caless Dance School squeezed into a Mini Cooper.

PLACES

Few people know just how dark California’s history gets.



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