Despite having a 95% Muslim population, Christmas is an extremely popular holiday in the west African nation of Senegal, which has a tradition of Muslims and Christians adopting each other’s holidays. Source
Incarcerated prisoners make a contraband drink in prison called “pruno” which entails fermenting fruit, sugar cubes, bread, and water in a ziplock bag a several days. And, they frequently make it in their toilets. Source
Iceland is the safest country in the world in case of a nuclear war, because it is isolated from the rest of the world, doesn’t have a standing army to target and generates all of its electricity from geothermal sources. Source
Frederic John Walker known more popularly as Johnnie Walker because of the brand of whisky, was the most successful anti-submarine commander of the Second World War. With 17 U-boats destroyed one aspect of his charismatic nature was to play the tune “A Hunting We Will Go”. Source
Soviet scientist Viktor Gordeyev invented Rocket Boots. Instead of actual rockets, the boots were equipped with pistons filled with a fuel-air mixture. The boots enabled an average speed of 10.5 mph and a maximum speed of 22 mph. Source
Longyearbyen, Norway is the world’s northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000. There is a ban on cats, a monthly alcohol purchase limit, and a requirement to carry a rifle while outside for protection from polar bears. Source
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