In 1975 in Australia, a political feud led to a government shutdown resulting in the Queen stepping in and firing everyone.
During a food shortage in WWI, an army supply ship docked in Amsterdam and had to fight off men and women looting the supplies.
Japan’s Kabukicho Robot Restaurant resembles an automated gentleman’s club, complete with raunchy robots.
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.
In Paris, it is illegal to distribute images of the Eiffel tower taken at night due to copyright issues regarding the light display.
In the heart of Prague’s Old Town, you’ll find a church proudly displaying a withered black arm dangling by a meat hook. The rotten limb is estimated to be about 400 years old—and its origin story is deeply disturbing.
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