Self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a Florida neighborhood called Tangelo Park, cut the crime rate in half, and increased the high school graduation rate from 25% to 100% by giving everyone free daycare and all high school graduates scholarships.
20
In Montreal, there's a bus stop with swings that play musical notes when you swing on them.
20
The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was over 60 miles long and lasted 11 days.
15
A blind American man taught himself to navigate using echolocation. His hobbies include hiking and mountain-biking, and he has now trained over 500 students in his ‘tongue-click’ technique.
14
In 2012, a Chinese man named Xiao Fan had a dress made out of 9,999 red roses for his girlfriend and then proposed - 9 in China means forever
16
A 22 year old Chinese man needed a new nose. Instead of a transplant, a surgeon built a new nose on his forehead.
2