These Things You'll Only Find in Dubai

The Risk of Having an Exotic Pet

Unless you have special qualifications or a specific license to handle exotic animals, it is otherwise highly illegal. Depending on who you are, if you're caught with an exotic animal in Dubai, you can face up to a $140,000 and 6 months in jail. Those who have less money are typically punished harder than those who have more. 

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The More You Know

  • For 67 consecutive years, Mary was America's most popular female baby name. Linda broke the streak in 1947.
  • It's a tradition in Ireland that if you donated a pint of blood, they give you a pint of Guinness to replace the iron.
  • If you take all the letters from the word "wizard" and swap them with opposite letters (a->z, b->y), it spells wizard backwards.
  • In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
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