Genghis Khan exempted the poor and clergy from taxes, encouraged literacy, and established free religion, leading many peoples to join his empire before they were even conquered.
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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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After Germany surrendered in WW2, people in Moscow partied until the entire city actually ran out of vodka.
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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In 2012, redditor laporkenstein forged his own wedding ring out of a Gibeon meteorite.
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