● The English have their own tea traditions. For example, pouring milk into the cup first and then tea. Or putting a spoon across the cup, signaling that the tea has been drunk enough - please do not pour more. Anyone unfamiliar with local etiquette could pay a heavy price. Once, a certain Prince de'Broglie had to drink 12 cups of tea before someone guessed to explain the spoon manipulation to him. It is said that one foreigner in desperation thought to hide the cup in his pocket so as not to drink more tea.
● The template for writing the logo of your favorite football team on the forehead was patented in 1986.
● In Europe, during the widespread adoption of chocolate in the 16th century, it was attributed with magical and healing properties. Of course, expectations were not met, and then it began to be considered the source of all troubles. One young person wrote to her friend: "I advise you not to eat chocolate anymore. My acquaintance ate it during pregnancy and gave birth to a completely black child."
● Upon receiving orders from Hitler, General Falkenhorst in 1940 developed a plan for the occupation of Denmark and Norway, using the "Baedeker" tourist guide, as he did not have the required map.
● In 1928, two Protestant parishes in Toronto merged: the Congregational Church on Bond Street and the Presbyterian Church on St. James Square. The new organization was named the United Church of St. James Bond. In 2005, it ceased to exist under this name due to another merger.
● When the current heir to the British crown, Prince Charles, studied at Cambridge, he was accompanied by a bodyguard to all classes. The Cambridge education system allowed the bodyguard to participate in discussions and debates. And at the end of the course, the instructors offered him to take exams. As a result, the bodyguard scored more points than the prince and also received a diploma.
● In the 18th century, it was fashionable among Parisian women to wear hats with lightning rods.
● If you remember a little from your school physics course, you know that there is a Richter temperature scale. So this same Charles Richter was a notorious nudist, which led to his wife leaving him.
● In 2006, tycoon Steve Wynn, owner of a casino in Las Vegas, had just agreed to sell Picasso's painting "The Dream." And immediately, stumbling, hit the canvas with his elbow - and tore a hole in it. The buyer refused to deal.
● One of the most unusual medieval knightly orders was an order dedicated to buttocks. By the way, it existed for over 150 years.
● One of the leaders in brewing in the USA, the Coors company, probably thought that their slogan "Relax!" would be perfectly translated into Spanish. Unfortunately, it was translated as "Get rid of diarrhea!"
● When the American fast-food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken opened its first restaurant in Beijing in 1987, the Chinese translated the famous KFC slogan, "So good that you'll lick your fingers!" as "We will bite your fingers!"
● Once at the student football championship in Cameroon, one of the teams was credited with a technical defeat of 0:3. The reason was that the captain of the team refused to shake hands with the opposing captain and instead lowered his pants and showed him his bare butt.
In 2007, a limited series of Pepsi with a cucumber flavor appeared on sale in Japan.
● In Malaysia, it is believed that bathing a child in beer can protect him from all sorts of troubles and illnesses.
● In France, Italy, and Chile, the existence of UFOs is officially recognized.
● In Japan, human feces have long been used as fertilizer, as Buddhism and predominantly vegetarian diets did not allow for widespread use of manure from livestock. At the same time, the feces of the rich were valued more, since their diet was richer and more varied.
● There is a kindergarten for men in Hamburg.
● A wombat's feces have a cubic shape.
● Roman Emperor Caligula declared war on Poseidon. He led his army to the beach and ordered his soldiers to throw spears into the water.
● In Norway, there is a village called Hell.
● The level of radiation can be measured by bananas.
● In America, VKontakte is considered a pirate website.
● 15% of people secretly bite their nails.
● In Pennsylvania in 1979, two newborns were registered with unusual names - Pepsi and Cola.
● In Liverpool, saleswomen are allowed to work topless, but only in shops selling tropical fish.
● British hairstylists use bull semen as a hair conditioner.
● October 8 is World Zombie Day!
