When people think of strippers they most likely think of a bachelor party or a nightclub. But in rural Taiwan, the word stripper conjures up thoughts of a funeral. And when you think about it, if anything could wake a man from a dead, a stripper could.

• People with Aids in Gabon, West Africa, are banned from swimming in the sea. Shrak fishing is an important part of the economy and the government is concerned that sharks may contract the condition.
• The Chinese were the first to use toilet paper.
• Tibetans rub themselves down with rancid yak fat to keep themselves warm.
• A third of all funeral processions in taiwan feature a stripper.
• There are more phones in New York City than in the whole Spain.
• Kettle drums were once used as currency on a remote Indonesian island.
• Venetian blinds were invented in Japan.
• Brazil was named after the nut and not the other way around.
• There is a town in Norway called Hell and another in Newsfoundland called Dildo.
• Disneyworld is bigger than the world's five smallest countries.
• Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world to be in the two continents : Europe and Asia.
• Mongolians put salt in their tea instead of sugar.
• There are no rivers in Saudi Arabia.
• The Caribbean has oysters that can climb trees.
• In Alaska, Eskimos use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing solid.

- compiled from various sources, jakarta post, thursday, 31 august, 2006

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