Alcohol, animal magnetism and the secret power of tears #StuffWeLearn

Iceland's biggest export to Spain has always been fish, and Spain's biggest export to Iceland was always wine. When the prohibition era began, however, Iceland stopped buying wine. So, with governmental levels of spite, Spain stopped buying fish. This caused such a panic for Iceland's economy that the government suddenly decided that wine actually wasn't so evil, and that prohibition should only apply to all other alcohol. Except Vodka - because it looked like Russia was about to pull a Spain and stop buying fish. This lasted until as late as 1989, which means that generations of Icelandic people have lived their whole lives only ever drinking wine and vodka. 

Staying in Europe but moving further East, the Eiffel Tower served as a billboard for Citroen between 1925 and 1934.

Moving all the way West, the most common doctor name in America used to be Smith but now it's Patel. Also, the fastest growing first name for baby boys in America is now Kylo.

Shoegaze is a genre of music denoting late 80’s and 90s indie rock, so named because of the way the bands would stand still and stare at the ground when playing their instruments.

The imperceptible smell of women’s tears decreases sexual arousal in men. It’s supposed to give power to women in distress by making men less attracted to them.

Speaking of smell, jaguars, tigers and leopards love the smell of Calvin Klein obsession for men. Talk about animal magnetism.