In Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
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Scientists have revived a flowering plant from a fruit stored away in permafrost by Arctic ground squirrel 32,000 years ago.
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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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In Iceland, 100% of domestically produced electricity comes from renewable energy.
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The Beatles wrote into their contracts for American concerts that they would not play in front of segregated audiences.
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There's a woman named Veronica Seider who had vision 20x better than average. She could identify people more than a mile (1.6km) away.
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Pope Francis was once a nightclub bouncer.
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