And a few more:
It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because the country has a law forbidding dolls without human faces.
In the country of Laos, distances are measured in terms of how long it takes to cook rice.
About 2500 left handed people die each year by using products designed for right handed people.
In the UK, to see a revolving red and white striped pole outside a building indicates a barber. In Hong Kong, a brothel (Something for the weekend sir?
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Mattel are one of the largest clothing manufacturers in the world, just to make outfits for Barbie dolls.
Ties were invented by the Croatians.
A carriage was used to take newly-wed Roman couples to their new home, and then the shaft of the carriage would be burnt by the grooms friends to prevent the wife from escaping.
In the courts of the Roman Empire, instead of swearing oaths on a bible, men swore to the truth whilst holding their balls. Hence the word Testify, from the word testiscles.