Kendrick Lamar’s “DAMN.” took home the elusive Pulitzer Prize for music in 2018, making him the first rapper to win the award since the Pulitzers expanded to music in 1943. He is also the first winner who is not a classical or jazz musician.

New Zealand is the only country to have a government-appointed wizard. Yes, you read that right. Wizard. In 1982, New Zealand appointed its first Wizard of Christchurch. His duties include casting out evil spirits and lifting moods. He was even invited to Western Australia to work his magic and break a drought and it worked!

Zorbing? Zorbing! Zorbing is when people climb inside giant transparent balls, a kind of human hamster wheel, and roll down steep hills, along flat surfaces, or even on water. The fun activity was invented in the nineties by New Zealanders Dwane van der Sluis and Andrew Akers.