True Facts....
What's strange in life I hear you cry. Well just about
anything and everything. Here are some of the mind boggling TRUE
facts I've come across over the years. Have a read and you'll see
that the world is completely bonkers!!.
The percentage of Americans who have visited Disneyland/Disney
World is 70%. Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per capita than any
other nation. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a
letter is uncopyrightable. The Main Library at Indiana University
sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers
failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would
occupy the building. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents
a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander
the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar. The
name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General
Purpose" vehicle, G.P. Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big
Village". The word "samba" means "to rub navels
together." Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side
on roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday
at 5pm. All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time
and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have
gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize that *this*
was the day of the changeover.
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin
during World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."
Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
The term, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye"
is from Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was,
"No eye gouging." Everything else was allowed, but the
only way to be disqualified was to poke someone's eye out. The average
person falls asleep in seven minutes. Paper money isn't made out
of paper, it's made out of cotton. The housefly hums in the middle
octave, key of F. Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal,
and Betty Rubble's maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker. Los Angeles's
full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles
de Porciuncula." It was discovered on a space mission that
a frog can throw up. The frog throws up its stomach first, so the
stomach is dangling out of its mouth. Then the frog uses its forearms
to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach
back down again. Horses are unable to throw up. That makes them
very vulnerable to food poisoning. Sylvia Miles had the shortest
performance ever nominated for an Oscar, in "Midnight Cowboy."
Her entire role lasted only six minutes.
Strange American Laws....
Alabama, Putting salt on a railway track may be punishable
by death, whilst bogies may not be flicked into the wind. In California,
community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for
anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles
of water. In Florida, If an elephant is left tied to a parking
meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
It is illegal to put ice cream on cherry pie in Kansas. In Massachusetts,
an old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay
a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.
Pennsylvania, a special cleaning ordinance bans housewives from
hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling. In Washington,
a law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist
with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone
the chief of police as he is entering the town". In Texas,
it is legal to commit a homicide as long as you tell the person
when, and how you are going to kill them. New Mexico, females
are strictly forbidden to appear unshaven in public. In Maine,
you may not step out of a plane in flight. In South Bend, Indiana,
it is illegal to make a monkey smoke a cigarette. In Hawaii you
will be fined if you do not own a boat. In Florida, men may not
be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown. Connecticut, you
can be stopped by the police for biking over 65 miles per hour.
In California, it is illegal to eat an orange in your bath tub.
I'm always on the lookout for strange facts. Click the link
to the left to email me your favourites."
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