In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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The world's longest traffic jam took place in Beijing, China. It was over 60 miles long and lasted 11 days.
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There is a sport called Banzai Skydiving. You throw the parachute out of the airplane first and then jump after it.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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In 2007, a woman named Erika La Tour Eiffel married the Eiffel Tower.
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