Unbelievable but true!

How can offend the old lady in Norway, losing her seat on the bus? Why China can not give flowers to the hostess? How clever bears and when in England killed the last wolf? This and much more - in an interesting collection. Here are collected the most different and amazing facts from around the world and from different eras.

1. Norway is not accepted to give way to the elderly in transport. It is believed that this you emphasize their physical superiority.




2. States are not accepted to pay for a woman in a restaurant. It is believed that these men emphasize their financial supremacy.



3. China has not accepted to bring flowers hostess. It is believed that these guests emphasize this house is so ugly that they bring with them jewelry.



4. On the beaches of New Jersey male topless was banned until 1937, on the grounds that the people "do not want to see the gorillas on our beaches."



5. The first artificial Christmas trees in Germany made from dyed goose feathers.



6. Most of Santa Claus's reindeer are male names.



8. In ancient Rome practiced cosmetic surgery. Men get rid of scars on the back - it was considered a shame, because otherwise you would have thought that the man turned his back during the fight to the enemy.



9. There are cases when bears are brought into the trap rocks to snap when he calmly eat the bait.



10. Spear has ceased to be an official weapon in the British Army in 1927.



11. Many sailors wore gold earrings to afford a decent burial in the event of an unexpected death.



12. In 1500, the last wolf was killed in England. In 1770 - in Ireland. In 1772 - in Denmark.



13. According to the laws of the British fleet, at the burial at sea body sewn into the bag. The last stitch was necessarily pass through the mouth of the deceased, to be sure that the person actually died.



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