Norwegian Island Wants to Become the World’s First Time-Free Zone
The people of Sommarøy, an island in northern Norway where the sun doesn’t set for a full 69 days during the summer, want to make time keeping obsolete making this the world’s first time-free zone. After enduring the long polar night, when the sun doesn’t rise from November to January, the residents of Sommarøy try to make […]
Man Ordered to Compensate Ex-Wife for 27 Years of House Chores
An Argentinian local court ordered a 70-year-old man to pay his ex-wife 8 million pesos ($173,000) as compensation for 27 years of house work. Judge Victoria Famá made the landmark ruling after taking into consideration that the elderly couple’s roles had been well-determined during their 30-year marriage, with the woman, identified only as M.L., taking […]