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Post by Marnie on Feb 27, 2004 9:29:12 GMT
-The electric chair was invented by a dentist
-Horses can't vomit.
-Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
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Post by Marnie on Feb 27, 2004 9:53:01 GMT
If the U.S. government has no knowledge of aliens, then why does Title 14, Section 1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations, implemented on July 16, 1969, make it illegal for U.S. citizens to have any contact with extraterrestrials or their vehicles?
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Post by damientheomen on Feb 28, 2004 20:08:17 GMT
Strange Facts
-Should there be a crash, Prince Charles and Prince William never travel on the same airplane as a precaution!
-The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
-Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
-The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
-Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
-Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia!
-It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
-Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cant find any food!
-Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
-In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and sp.oons! (filter thing won't let me write it properly!)
-Slugs have 4 noses!
-Every year, kids in North America spend close to half a billion dollars on chewing gum!
-Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
-Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!
-Of all the words in the English language, the word set has the most definitions!
-Every 45 seconds, a house catches on fire in the United States!
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Post by damientheomen on Feb 28, 2004 20:17:30 GMT
Strange Laws
-In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.
-In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.
-In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
-In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel. (HOW DO YOU NOT?!?)
-In Memphis, Tennessee, a woman is not to drive a car unless a man warns approaching motorists or pedestrians by walking in front of the car that is being driven.
-In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping.
-In New York, it is against the law for a blind person to drive an automobile
-In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark.
-In Kentucky, it's the law that a person must take a bath once a year.
-In Utah, birds have the right of way on any public highway.
-In Virginia, the Code of 1930 has a statute which prohibits corrupt practices or bribery by any person other than political candidates.
-In Providence, Rhode Island, it is against the law to jump off a bridge.
-In New Jersey, cabbage can't be sold on Sunday.
-In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m.
-In Massachusetts, it is against the law to put tomatos in clam chowder.
-In Michigan, married couples must live together or be imprisoned.
-In Utah, daylight must be visible between dancing couples.
-In Texas, it is still a "hanging offense" to steal cattle.
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Post by Marnie on Feb 29, 2004 10:50:34 GMT
Nebraska
-It is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.
-In Waterloo, barbers are forbidden from eating onions between 7am and 7pm.
-In Omaha, barbers are forbidden from shaving their customer's chests.
-If a child burps during a church service, their parents may be arrested.
-It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
Now THOSE are weird....
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Post by damientheomen on Feb 29, 2004 18:07:17 GMT
-It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup. Thats just strange!
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Post by Marnie on Feb 29, 2004 19:49:03 GMT
Yeah...Imagine getting arrested for something like that...
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Post by TheGhostKing on Mar 6, 2004 7:07:03 GMT
Yeah
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Post by Marnie on Mar 6, 2004 7:16:10 GMT
More weird state laws!
Florida
In Miami, it is illegal for a man to wear of any kind of strapless gown. Unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed. In Sarasota, it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.
Rhode Island
In Providence, it is illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to the same customer on a Sunday. It is illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley. In Newport, it is illegal to smoke a pipe after sundown.
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Post by TheGhostKing on Mar 6, 2004 7:49:06 GMT
I've heard that in some places in the world, it is illegal to sell socks without wearing a pink vest!
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