THE FAT TAX….or Metabo Law was passed in Japan in 2008….this law applies to people aged 40-75….it enforces mandatory annual waist measurements….the waist limits is 33.5 inches for men….and 35 inches for women……companies  even arrange for weight loss classes for employees…..if an employee doesn’t fit the limit….the company must pay a fine.

CHINESE SOLDIERS…..wear pins against their necks and crosses strapped to their backs…..to maintain perfect posture…..they train with live grenades and stand through parades without blinking…..one soldier faced a $4,000 fine for leaving the PLA….along with a 2-year ban on activities such as….traveling abroad, buying property, attending college….and starting a business.

IN 500 YEARS…..humans have tasted the oldest barrel-aged wine on Earth only three times….it has rested beneath a Strasbourg hospital since 1472…..Swiss allies drank it in 1576…..the hospital poured it in 1718 to celebrate rebuilding after a fire…..General Leclerc drank it after liberating the city in 1944….now it sits locked behind an iron gate.

BENNY HILL….has a serious case of “Chrometophobia”….he was afraid of spending his own money….despite being worth $8.5 million…..the comedian wore the same clothes until they were falling apart….he’d glue the soles of his shoes back on…..he’d walk for miles instead of paying for a cab….he died alone, surrounded by uncashed checks.

PORK….is the world’s most widely consumed meat and yet only 36% of the world’s population eats it….both Islam and Judaism forbid pork….but the taboo predates both religions…..pigs were never as valuable as cattle…..they produced no byproducts like wool or dairy….and while pigs do carry transmittable diseases….that’s not why they’re called “unclean”….pigs ate trash produced by humans and they were deemed as unholy and filthy.

IN 1987….Brigitte Nielsen had a fight with Madonna in da club…..and Brigitte bitch-slapped her across the face for stepping on her feet….and Nielsen was then thrown out the club by six bouncers….a couple of months later she met Madonna’s husband Sean Peen….and had a one-night stand with him as revenge.

ANCIENT EGYPTAINS…..believed men had a period….bloody urine for schistosomiasis was seen as a sign of male fertility….Egyptian women had it even worse….their birth control ranged from crocodile dung to honey……all inserted inside their body…..if a beautiful woman died she couldn’t be embalmed right away….her corpse had to decay first…..because necrophilia was that common….and lice were so out of control that men and women alike….gave up and shaved their heads.

HASSANAL BOLKIAH….is the sultan of the world’s most conservative country…..Brunei…..Bolkiah had 12 children from different women….and one of his son’s…..Prince Haji Abdul-Azim was gay…..and Azim enjoyed being surrounded by handsome men and celebrities….in 2019, his father established Sharia Law….and introduced the death penalty for homosexuality….offenders would be stoned to death or have their limbs torn off….fortunately for Azim he was out of the country…..two years later he died from a rare autoimmune disease just a year later at the age of 38…..I think all we know what the “Autoimmune disease” was.

ONLY 248 PEOPLE….have fallen from a cruise ship since 2000….most of them don’t survive….cruise ships can be as tall as 10 stories…..from that height the water surface might as well be granite….unless someone see the fall, the victim won’t be missed for a while….and that’s expensive….and it takes hours….so bodies are rarely recovered….the odds of surviving a fall from a cruise ship….sits at just 17%.

FOLLOWING THE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER IN 2011….more than 200 retired engineers and skilled workers….volunteered to work at the damaged nuclear plant….many argued that, because of their age….they should face the radiation risks instead of younger people.

THE MAHARAJA JAI SINGH of ALWAR….was a famous Rolls-Royce enthusiast….in 1920, he visited a showroom in London to inquire about the price and features of the cars….but the salesman called him a “Shabby” Indian….the Maharaja returned the next day in full royal attire….al the salesmen lined up to honor his visit….they even rolled out the red carpet and bowed in respect….the Maharaja purchased all 6 cars that they had….once back home…..he ordered all Rolls-Royces to be used for street cleaning….and that news spread all over the world….boasting you own a Rolls-Royce was no longer viable….people asked, “Which one?….The same that is used in India for carrying the waste of the city?”…..sales of Rolls-Royce cars dropped rapidly.