Fact #597

If you find uranium in New Zealand and don’t report it – in writing – to the Government within three months, you’ve broken the law.

Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10513619

Fact #592

Paris syndrome is an unusual state exclusive to Japanese nationals who experience a mental breakdown while visiting Paris. Source: http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/rare-psych#14

Fact #590

While in Germany it’s not technically illegal to run out of fuel, it is unlawful on a highway to stop for any reason other than an emergency. Running out of gas is not considered an emergency.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/laws-abroad_n_3466647.html

Fact #589

If you show up to an ancient Greek site in high heels, you’ll have to tour barefoot. In order to preserve the sites, the government has banned shoes that could injure the monuments

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/laws-abroad_n_3466647.html

Fact #588

In Argentina, featherbeds were officially made illegal because lawmakers believed ‘such an indulgence induces and encourages lascivious feelings’

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/laws-abroad_n_3466647.html

Fact #579

A man in Africa single handedly stopped the desertification of his region by reviving ancient farming and irrigation techniques despite being ridiculed by his community.

Source: http://www.odditycentral.com/news/meet-yacouba-sawadogo-the-man-who-stopped-the-desert.html

Fact #576

A Brazilian man called Xiahn, formerly known as max, was so obsessed with Korean culture that he underwent 10 operations to look Asian.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2645950/I-fun-bein-Korean-Blonde-Brazilian-man-undergoes-extraordinary-surgery-achieve-convincing-Oriental-look.html

Fact #567

In Russia, there are 9 million more women than men. http://www.factslides.com/s-Russia

Fact #565

Panama is the only place in the world where one can see the sun rise on the pacific ocean and set on the Atlantic. http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question9554.html

Fact #560

Reverend Ray Broshears was not your average pastor. Back in the 1970s, he was a Pentecostal preacher working out of San Francisco who also ran the Helping Hands Gay Community Service Center, a charity that helped gay teens and homeless people. Broshears was one of the first American clergyman ordained to perform same-sex marriages and was a leading figure in the Gay Pride movement.

Source: http://listverse.com/2015/03/08/10-men-who-transformed-themselves-into-superheroes/