3. The Oldest Parliament
While the Great Pyramid of Giza stood silent under the desert sun, a small island in the Irish Sea may have already been making laws. The Isle of Man’s Tynwald has been meeting for over 1,000 years, claiming the title of the world’s oldest continuous parliament. Imagine ancient lawmakers gathering on windswept hills while pharaohs ruled in Egypt; history doesn’t get more mind-bending than that.