If you’re flying aboard a spaceflight leaving from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, you’ll be ordered to pee on the back-right tire of a bus. It’s tradition.
Before about 1700, it was customary for people of European…
Before about 1700, it was customary for people of European descent to bring their own spoons to the table. Spoons were carried as personal property in much the same way as people today carry wallets, key rings, etc.
A community of ex-slaves spoke their native language and carried…
A community of ex-slaves spoke their native language and carried on their tribal customs and traditions into the 1950s in Alabama.
On an island in Indonesia, if a child dies before he has started teething…
On an island in Indonesia, if a child dies before he has started teething, the baby is placed inside the trunk of a growing tree. The hole is then sealed and as the tree begins to heal, the child is believed to be absorbed. Dozens of babies may be interred within a single tree.
A previously brilliant-blue Yellowstone hot spring is turning green…
A previously brilliant-blue Yellowstone hot spring is turning green as a result of tourists throwing ‘good luck’ coins into it.
Every year, residents of Naco, Arizona, join residents of Naco…
Every year, residents of Naco, Arizona, join residents of Naco, Mexico, for a volleyball match at the fence that separates the U.S. and Mexico.
There is a town in Mexico where people have a huge…
There is a town in Mexico where people have a huge fist fight to summon rain.
The most popular Christmas dinner tradition in Japan is to eat…
The most popular Christmas dinner tradition in Japan is to eat fried chicken from Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Brides normally stand on the left of the Groom at a wedding so that his sword…
Brides normally stand on the left of the Groom at a wedding so that his sword hand is free to defend against any other suitors.
NASA engineers and employees in the firing room celebrate successful…
NASA engineers and employees in the firing room celebrate successful launches with a tradition of eating beans.