12 Strange Facts That Confuse 98% of Tourists

What’s normal in one country would be considered weird in another. We’ve collected 12 of the most interesting facts about different countries. Some of them will definitely surprise you!

For example, there’s a wedding tradition in Germany called “Polterabend”. The night before the wedding, the soon-to-be newlyweds throw an informal get-together where guests often show up with gifts.
The peak of this “wedding eve” party is the guests breaking porcelain and sometimes ceramic items, such as flower vases, dishes, and the like. Pretty much everything can be broken, except glass, which they believe symbolizes happiness.

TIMESTAMPS
In Germany, guests break porcelain objects before the wedding. 0:28
People in Russia have a moment of silence before any trip. 1:13
In Spain, people celebrate the New Year by eating 12 grapes. 1:59
Japan has a strict waist size rule. 2:44
In Denmark, your family and friends throw cinnamon at you if you’re single at 25. 3:29
You can hire a stripper to dance at a funeral in Taiwan. 4:11
Niue uses Pokémon and Star Wars money. 4:43
The calendar in Ethiopia is seven years behind. 5:13
You can legally marry a dead person in France. 5:54
Everyone in Vietnam has the same birthday. 6:47
Babies in India are dropped from a 50-foot tower. 7:26
Handsome men can wipe your tears in Japan. 8:12

SUMMARY
– The night before the wedding, the soon-to-be newlyweds throw an informal get-together where guests often show up with gifts. The peak of this “wedding eve” party is the guests breaking porcelain and sometimes ceramic items, such as flower vases, dishes, and the like.
– There’s a very popular tradition and superstition in Russia to sit in silence for about 5-10 seconds before leaving the house to go on a trip.
– As the bell strikes 12 times at midnight, everyone around the table starts eating their 12 grapes, one for each of the chimes and for every month of the upcoming year.
– In January 2008, Japan passed the “Metabo Law” to fight obesity and its associated illnesses. According to the law, there’s a waist size limit for Japanese citizens aged 40-74.
– In Denmark, if you turn 25 there and you’re still a single pringle, you get tied to a chair or lamppost while your friends and family cover you in cinnamon from head to toe.
– It’s no big deal for people in Taiwan to get some pole dancers or strippers to dance for the dead at a funeral.
– The small Polynesian island of Niue, an associated sovereign state of New Zealand, has some pretty awesome currency.
– Ethiopia. They decided to stick to the Coptic calendar, which has 13 months instead of 12. And 12 months out of those 13 consist of 30 days each.
– In 1950 the French government legally clarified the ritual. The process is rather complex.
– Every Vietnamese person shares the same birthday as their family, friends, and everyone else in the country!
– In western India, babies there are dropped off the roof of a 50-foot-tall shrine to fall on a stretched-out sheet held by a group of men waiting at the bottom.
– In Japan, there’s a company called “Ikemeso Danshi”, which basically means “Handsome Weeping Boys”. And you can pay to have one of their gorgeous men wipe away your tears as you watch some heart-wrenching movie.

What’s the most interesting fact about your country? Tell us in the comments below!

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