30 Unusual And Fascinating Maps That Might Teach You Something New About Our World

The potatoes (same as tomates) belong to the solanaceas. Most of the plants in that family indigenous to Europe are poisonous - belladona, mandragora, etc. They were being careful.

If France bans ugly, that explains my visa denial.

Potatoes at one point were poisonous. The first people to eat potatoes drew the toxins out with clay. Over time, potatoes were breaded selectively to be edible.

En 1748...

Not sure how this changes my perspective on the world, but since the French call the "earth apples," (in literal translation, of course) I wonder if there wasn't some angry, confused king at some point. (Yes, I know other countries have similar type names).

Italians complaining about noise is somewhat ironic

It should be sort of illegal in more places

Thinking about all the Italian high heels.

Flip flops are yet another reason why I dread summer every year anew

In Italy they will deny you entree (even as a welcomed tourist) into various place because of attire. Forward is a big thing.

It's against the law in many countries to take anything from national parks (and there are so many in France)

It's against the law to take a cutting, seed or a seedling of a protected species from a national park. Certainly in Australia and parts of Borneo. Everywhere?

Netherlands, Belgium, and the north-eastern part of France there's a non-zero chance your souvenir might go boom.

HaHa! This is so true about Holland

Do we have two?

All balloons are intimidating

Surprised it isn't Germany

Zeppelins CAN be rather ominous

Balloons are more plastic in the environment. And the noise is as harmful to animals and people with PTSD as fireworks are.

That's it, I'm moving to Hungary, balloons scare the bejazus out of me

Well , at Cambridge in the UK there was a man who found an ancient law demanding he be provided with cakes and ale to sit an exam. However he was fined for not wearing his sword so win some and lose some

Not true

When I was a visiting student in Italy there was beer on tap at the cafeteria, and sometimes you could choose bottled beer as ‘desert’ (along with fruit or cake).

Don't care for it myself. But I'll never understand why people make a thing out of it instead of just letting people enjoy what they want to eat.

Rubbish. I've definitely had pineapple on pizza in Italy.

Okay personally I am not a fan of pineapple pizza but seriously Italy???

Perfecto

In the UK, you can be fined £100 plus three points for careless driving if you cause an obstruction or put others in danger by running out of fuel.

It's illegal in Switzerland.

Also the tunnels in NYC/NJ

The problem on the autobahn is that there are long stretches of road where there is no hard shoulder

Reason is most likely connected with the on some highways non-existing speed limit. Stopping on the emergency lane is absolutely forbidden, unless there is an emergency that was impossible to prevent. As all cars indicate the level of fuel, and many have additional warning lights, AND gas stations are everywhere, it is pure inattentiveness to access a high-speed arwa with no gas.