Trivia

Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, became the first First Lady to hold her own press conferences. For her first press conference in 1933, Roosevelt had one simple rule: Only female reporters would be allowed to attend. Roosevelt established this rule to ensure that newspapers would have to hire more female journalists.

Sweden recycles so well that it has run out of garbage and now must import garbage from Norway to fuel its energy programs.

In Thailand, it is illegal to insult or accuse the king in any way. One can even face jail time for insulting a deceased king.