Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
33
In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
38
In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
44
In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
4
John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
4
US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
7
In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
4