• Throughout Europe, people eat with the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right
  • In India, women wear rings in their noses to show they are married
  • In Russia, powerful handshakes among men are often carried to extremes
  • In Brazil. kids do not have sleepovers
  • In most parts of Asia, it is taboo to touch people’s heads, especially those of children
  • In Thailand, people do not step on their doorsills as it is believed that a spirit lives in the threshold of every home
  • In Australia, pancakes are served at dinner rather than breakfast