In France, you can legally marry a dead person. Between 60 and 100 people request it every year. The President of the Republic must personally sign the authorisation. And the evidentiary requirements are stricter than most living marriages ever face.

econopass.com · Marco Bellinari In France, you can legally marry a dead person. Between 60 and 100 people request it every year. The President of the Republic must personally sign the authorisation. And the evidentiary requirements are stricter than most living marriages ever face.

On December 29, 2011, 186,000 people in Samoa went to bed on a Thursday and woke up on a Saturday. Friday December 30 simply does not exist in Samoan history. This is what happened, why they did it, and what it means that a country can erase a day.

econopass.com · Marco Bellinari On December 29, 2011, 186,000 people in Samoa went to bed on a Thursday and woke up on a Saturday. Friday December 30 simply does not exist in Samoan history. This is what happened, why they did it, and what it means that a country can erase a day.

econopass.com · Marco Bellinari Japan passed a law requiring waist measurements for every adult aged 40 to 74. Exceed the limit and there are consequences. The law is real, it is enforced, and the way it works is considerably stranger than the story you have already heard.