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If you need
to remember pi, just count the letters in each word of the sentence: "May
I have a large container of coffee?" If you get the coffee and are polite
say: "Thank you," get two more decimal places. (3.141592653...). Here
is another sentance: How I wish I could calculate Pi. (3.141592) If you pet a
cat 70 million times, you will have developed enough static electricity to
light a 60-watt light bulb for one minute. If you pile
up the cans of Yeo's products, you would be able to reach the moon. If you plant
an apple seed, it is almost guaranteed to grow a tree of a different type of
apple. If you put a
drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to
death. If you put a
piece of scotch tape on an inflated balloon, then stick it with a small pin or
needle, it won't pop. If you put a
raisin in a champagne bottle, it will rise and fall continuously. If you put a
raisin in a glass of champagne, it will keep floating to the top and sinking to
the bottom. If you
rubbed garlic on the sole of your feet, it would be absorbed and eventually
show up on your breath If you
sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you
can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. If you keep your eyes
open by force, they can pop out. (DON'T TRY IT, DUMBASS) If you
sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you
can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die If you
strech your arms straight out as far as you can, thats about how tall you are.
Try it.
If you take
any number between 1 & 9 and multipy them by 9 the sum of the two numbers
will always be 9 (ex: 7 X 9 = 63 ; 6 + 3 = 9) If you take any
number, double it, add 10, divide by 2, and subtract your original number, the
answer will always be 5. If you toss
a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950.
The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom more often. If you
travel across the former Soviet Union you will cross seven time zones. If you
traveled the speed of light, it would only take you 0.0000294 seconds to climb
Mt. Everest. If you
wanted to count from one to one trillion and you started right now, counting
twenty-four hours a day, it would take you about 31,688 years. If you wear
headphones for one hour, it increases bacteria in your ear 700 times. If you were
at 0° latitude and 0° longtitude, you would be standing in the Atlantic Ocean If you were
to go on vacation for eleven days, you'd have less than one million seconds to
enjoy it. If you
yelled for 8 years 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound
energy to heat one cup of coffee. If you fart
consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the
energy of an atomic bomb. If you
yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound
energy to heat one cup of coffee. cool eh? If you
yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound
energy to heat one cup of coffee. (unsure) If your like
Jeanne Calment and live over 100, you are considered a Centurian. If your
shoes squeak, it simply means that two layers of leather in the sole are
rubbing together. Driving a tack through the sole will often remove the squeak. Imperia,
Italy is the home of the Agnesi Historical Museum of Spaghetti. Impotence is
grounds for divorce in 24 states in the United States. In
"Silence of the Lambs", Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) does not
blink in any scene. In 10
minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons
combined. In 1386, a
pig was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child In 1516,
Friar Tomas sailed to the Caribbean bringing banana roots with him; and planted
bananas in the rich, fertile soil of the tropics, thus beginning the banana's
future in American life. In 1638,
Sweden founded a colony in the New World in the Delaware River Valley. It was
called New Sweden. In 1649, Massachusetts's
Puritan government ruled the following: "Any childe over 16 who shall
CURSE or SMITE their natural FATHER or MOTHER, or act in a STUBBORNE or
REBELLIOUS manner shall be put to death." In 1659 the
state of Massachusetts outlawed Christmas. In 1659, the
General Court of Massachusetts ordered that anybody caught feasting or laying
off from work, or in any other way goofing off on any other day other than
Christmas, would be fined five shillings for each such offense. In 1670,
Dorothy Jones of Boston was granted a license to sell coffee, and so became the
first American coffee trader. In 1727, as
a result of seedlings smuggled from Paris, coffee plants first were cultivated
in Brazil. Brazil is presently by far the world's largest producer of coffee. In 1771 the
kingdom of Poland was larger in are than any other European country except
Russia and had a bigger population than any other European country except
France. In 1789,
Morocco became the first country to recognize the United States. In 1810 US
population was 7,239,881. Black population at 1,377,808 was 19%. In 1969 US
population reached 200 million. In 1831,
Captain William Driver, a shipmaster from Salem, Massachusetts, left on one of
his many world voyages. Friends presented him with a flag of 24 stars. As the
banner opened to the ocean breeze, he exclaimed, "Old Glory." He kept
his flag for many years, protecting it during the Civil War, until it was flown
over the Tennessee capital. His "Old Glory" became a nickname for all
American flags. In 1832
Abraham Lincoln ran for the Illinois legislature, and lost. In 1836 the
U.S. government had so much extra money that it repaid all its debts, and still
had money left over. In 1845,
President Andrew Jackson's pet parrot was removed from his funeral for
swearing. In 1850,
Michigan's state constitution included the following line: "Neither
slavery nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of crime, shall
ever be tolerated in this state." This inadvertently legalized slavery as
an appropriate punishment for crime. It wasn't until 1963 that the grammar was
fixed to outlaw slavery. The change required shifting the comma following
"servitude" to the position after "slavery." In 1853,
Illinois passed a law that required any black entering the state and staying
more than ten days to pay a fine of $50. If he could not pay, the person could
be sold into slavery for a period commensurate with the fine. In 1860,
'Godey's Lady's Book' advised US women to cook tomatoes for at least 3 hours. In 1863, Paul
Hubert of Bordeaux, France, was sentenced to life in jail for murder. After 21
years, it was discovered that he was convicted of murdering himself. In 1865
opium was grown in the state of Virginia and a product was distilled from it
that yielded 4 percent morphine. In 1867 it was grown in Tennessee: six years
later it was cultivated in Kentucky. During these years opium, marijuana and
cocaine could be purchased legally over the counter from any druggist. In 1865,
several veterans of the Confederate Army formed a private social club in
Pulaski, Tennessee, called the Ku Klux Klan. In 1879
during the term of Rutherford B. Hayes the first telephone was installed in the
White House. In 1886,
Grover Cleveland became the only president to be married in the White House. In 1889, the
1st coin-operated telephone, patented by Hartford, Connecticut inventor William
Gray, was installed in the Hartford Bank. In 1892,
Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls to 12. In 1894
there were only 4 automobiles in the US. In 1899, a
pharmacist named George Bunting blended his own cold cream, which, in addition
to removing makeup and relieving sunburn, gained popularity for its ability to
cure eczema. The product's claim of "No Eczema" led to its name,
Noxzema. In 1900 the
average age at death in the US was 47. In 1900,
coffee was often delivered door-to-door in the United States, by horse-pulled
wagons. In 1900,
Queen Victoria sent her New Year's greetings to the British troops stationed in
South Africa during the Boer War in the form of a specially molded chocolate
bar. In 1901,
Theodore Roosevelt became the only U.S. President in history to deliver his
inaugural address without using the word "I”. For the record, Abraham Lincoln,
Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower said "I” only once during their
speeches. In 1905, 18
men died from injuries sustained on the football field. President Theodore
Roosevelt stepped in and instituted safety measures to make the game safer. In 1908,
figure skating became the first winter sport to be included in the Olympics. In 1915,
Winston Churchill fought in the front line trenches before he became the
Minister of Munitions. In 1920, 57%
of Hollywood movies billed the female star above the leading man. In 1990, only
18% had the leading lady given top billing. In 1920,
Eugene Debs, a Socialist, received 920,000 votes for president of the United
States even though he ran his entire campaign from prison. In 1924,
Pope Urban VIII threatened to excommunicate snuff users. In 1925, the
1st motel -the "Motel Inn" -opened in San Luis Obispo, California. In 1926,
when a Los Angeles restaurant owner with the all-American name of Bob Cobb was
looking for a way to use up leftovers, he threw together some avocado, celery,
tomato, chives, watercress, hard-boiled eggs, chicken, bacon, and Roquefort
cheese, and named it after himself: Cobb salad. In 1930, the
heaviest a female flight attendant could be was 115 pounds. They also had to be
unmarried nurses. In 1931,
Charleston, SC was the first city in the United States to pass legislation
establishing a historical district. The city has more than 1,000 buildings that
predate the Civil War. In 1932
James Markham obtained the 1st patent issued for a tree. The patent was for a
peach tree. In 1936,
England became the first country in the world to provide regular public
broadcasting on television. In 1938 Joe
Shuster and Jerry Siegel sold all rights to the comic-strip character Superman
to their publishers for $130. In 1938,
Hewlett-Packard became the first corporation to move to Silicon Valley. In 1943,
Navy officer Grace Hopper had no choice but to fix a computer glitch manually.
The source of the problem? A moth. Hence the term "computer bug." In 1945 a
computer at Harvard malfunctioned and Grace Hopper, who was working on the
computer, investigated, found a moth in one of the circuits and removed it.
Ever since, when something goes wrong with a computer, it is said to have a bug
in it. In 1947,
heavy snow blanketed the Northeast, burying New York City under 25.8 inches of
snow in 16 hours; the severe weather was blamed for some 80 deaths. In 1947,
Toys for Tots started making the holidays a little happier for children by
organizing its first Christmas toy drive for needy youngsters. In 1950,
UNIVAC became the first computer to tabulate the United States census. In 1952, Mr.
Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on television in the U.S. In 1957, the
Shipping port Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first nuclear facility
to generate electricity in the United States, went on line. (It was taken out
of service in 1982.) In 1959, the
Soviet space probe "Luna Two" became the first manmade object to
reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface. In 1960, an
estimated 4,000 people were over 100 years old in the U.S. By 1995 the number
had jumped to : 55,000. In 1962, the
Mashed Potato, the Loco-Motion, the Frug, the Monkey, and the Funky Chicken
were popular dances. In 1963,
baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before
I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set
foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run. In 1964
General Mills began marketing Lucky Charms cereal with pink hearts, yellow
moons, orange stars, and green clovers. The marshmallow bits (technically
referred to as marbits) were invented in 1963 by John Holahan. The cereal is
marketed using a leprechaun character named Lucky (L.C. Leprechaun is his full
name) that touts his cereal as being "Magically Delicious." Over the
years the various shapes and colors of the marshmallow bits in the cereal have
undergone many changes. In 1964,
Sandy Koufax, Elstom Howard, Jimmy Brown, Oscar Robertson, and Cookie Gilchrist
were all voted MVP from their respected (MLB, NFL, NBA) leagues. Each of them
wore the number 32. In 1964,
Tanganyika and Zanzibar joined together to become Tanzania. In 1964,
University of Oregon grad student Carolyn Davidson designed what became known
as the Nike "swoosh” for a mere $35. She did it four years after Phil Knight
and track coach Bill Bowerman founded the company they originally called Blue
Ribbon Sports. In 1965,
Congress authorized the Secret Service to protect former presidents and their
spouses for their lifetime, unless they decline the protection. Recently,
Congress limited the protection of former presidents and their spouses (elected
after January 1, 1997) to 10 years after leaving office. President Clinton, who
was elected in 1996, will be the last president to receive lifelong protection
from the Secret Service. In 1965, LBJ
enacted a law requiring cigarette manufacturers to put health warnings on their
packages. In 1968,
"Apollo Seven," the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with
astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. In 1969 the
US launched a male chimpanzee called Ham into space. In 1969,
Midnight Cowboy became the first and only X-rated production to win the Academy
Award for Best Picture. (Its rating has since been changed to R.) In 1970, 127
runners ran the NY Marathon. In 1998, 32,000 did. In 1970, an
Arizona lawyer named Russel H. Ansie filed a $100,000 law In 1975, it
cost only $180,000 to produce an hour-long TV drama. In 1976, the
average human had $5.60 of chemicals in their bodies. In 1946, that number was
98 cents. In 1976, the
first eight Jelly Belly® flavors were launched: Orange, Green Apple, Root Beer,
Very Cherry, Lemon, Cream Soda, Grape, and Licorice. In 1980, the
only country in the world with no telephones was Bhutan. In 1982, in
the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical
Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist
Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device. In 1984, a
Canadian farmer began renting advertising space on his cows. In 1985,
Pete Rose became the first professional athlete to appear on the front of a
Wheaties box. In 1987
Playtex premiered the first US TV commercials with real lingerie models
displaying their bras and underwear on national television. In 1987, Ron
Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers became the first NHL goalie to score a goal.
Actually, Ron Hextall was the first NHL goalie to score a goal by shooting the
puck towards the opposing team's net in 1987. Billy Smith was the first goalie
credited with a goal in 1979 when his clearing pass hit an opposing skater and
went into the other team's goal. In 1990,
Bill Carson, of Arrington, Tennessee, grew the largest watermelon at 262 pounds
that is still on the record books according to the 1998 edition of the Guinness
Book of World Records. In 1990,
over 4 billion dollars of coffee was imported into the United States. In 1991
Procter & Gamble won a $75,000 lawsuit against James & Linda Newton who
were found responsible for spreading rumors that the company supported the
Church of Satan. The two were distributors of Amway Products, a competitor of
Proctor & Gamble. In 1992,
approximately 750 deaths occurred in the United States due to workplace
violence. In 1992, the
best selling American-produced car in Japan was the Honda Accord. It was built
in Ohio and exported to Japan. In 1995, KFC
sold 11 pieces of chicken for every man, woman and child in the US. In 1996,
people in the United States sent and received 182,660,700,000 pieces of mail
domestically. By way of comparison, Japan ranked second on this list with just
24,971,279,000. In 1997,
Fourteen percent of the one million citizens of Nairobi, Kenya carry the AIDS
virus. Some 20% of the Kenyan military is infected. In 1998 OSHA
reported 1171 construction related fatalities, the sixth straight year this
number has increased.
In 2001,
there were more than 300 banana-related accidents in Britain, most involving
people slipping on skins. In 24 hrs.
an average healthy human breathes 23,000 times. In 4000 BC
Egypt, men and women wore glitter eye shadow made from the crushed shells of
beetles. In 75% of
American households, women manage the money and pay the bills. In a deck of
cards, the King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache. In a
lifetime the average US resident eats more than 50 tons of food and drinks more
than 13,000 gallons of liquid. In a
psychology experiment, an electrode was attached to the pleasure centre of a rat's
brain, which the rat could stimulate at the press of a button. It died of
starvation when it wouldn't stop pressing the button long enough to eat. In a recent
survey in Japan, instant noodles were chosen as the greatest invention of all
time In a soccer
game, the average length of time the ball is in play [for ninety minutes] is
only 52 minutes. In a study
of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case
where an ostrich buried its head in the sand, or attempted to do so (apart from
bones). In a study
of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case
where An ostrich buried its head in the sand. In a survey
of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand. In a typical
season major league baseball will require 4,800 ash trees worth of Louisville
sluggers. In a
University of Arizona study, rails and armsrests in public buses were found to
be contaminated by the highest concentration of bodily fluids. In a year,
your heart can beat up to 40 000 000 times! In Alabama
it is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity. In Alaska it
is against the laww to look at a moose from an airplane. In Alaska it
is illegal to whisper in someone's ear while they are moose hunting. In Alaska,
it is illegal to look at a moose from a flying vehicle. In Albania nodding
the head means "no" and shaking the head means "yes". In Albany,
New York, you cannot play golf in the streets. In
Albuquerque, New Mexico it is illegal for cab drivers to reach out and pull
potential customers into their cabs. In Alderson,
West Virginia, it is illegal to walk a lion, tiger or leopard in the city
limits, even it is on a leash. In all of
Shakespeare's works and excluding Roman numerals only one word begins with the
letter "X." Xanthippe, the wife of Socrates, appears in The Taming of
the Shrew. In America
you will see an average of 500 advertisements a day. In America,
someone is diagnosed with AIDS every 10 minutes. In South Africa, someone dies
due to HIV or AIDS every 10 minutes. In an
article in 1998, The Journal of the American Medical Association claimed that
adverse drug reactions may cause more than 100,000 deaths a year in the US
alone. In an
authentic Chinese meal, the last course is soup because it allows the roast
duck entree to "swim" toward digestion. In an
average lifetime, a person will eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders while
sleeping. In ancient
China people committed suicide by eating a pound of salt. In ancient
chinese culture it was common for them to use the lining of a cats stomach as a
condom. In ancient
Egypt they paid their taxes in honey. In ancient
Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows
and eyelashes. In ancient
Greece the custom of allowing a condemned man to end his own life by poison was
extended only to full citizens. Condemned slaves were instead beaten to death. In ancient
Rome it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a hooked nose. In ancient
Rome, people found guilty of murdering their fathers were executed in a bizarre
manner. The punishment was to be put in a sack with a rooster, a viper, and a
dog, then drowned along with all three animals. In ancient
Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles. In ancient
times, any Japanese who tried to leave his homeland was put to death. In April
1964, The Beatles had the top five songs in the United States. This is the only
time that the top five songs at any one time were by the same group. In Arizona
it is illegal to take naked photographs before noon on Sunday. In Arizona,
you cannot Drive past the same place more then 3 times in one hour. Its a law. In Arkansas
it is illegal to buy or sell blue lightbulbs. In
astrology, synastry is the comparison of natal charts to forecast how people
will interact. In Atlanta,
GA, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp. In
Australia, there is no death penalty. In Baltimore
it is illegal to mistreat oysters. In
Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub sinks no matter how dirty they get. In Bensalem,
Pennsylvania it is illegal to race mufflerless go-karts after 6PM on Sunday. In Bexley,
Ohio Ordinance number 223, of 09/09/19 prohibits the installation and usage of
slot machines in outhouses. In Billings,
Montana it is illegal for employees of the city's communications center to
program their phones with speed dial. In Boston,
Massachusetts it is illegal to take a bath unless instructed to do so by a
physician. In Brandon,
Mississipi it is illegal to attempt to stop someone from walking down the
sidewalk by parking a motorhome in their path. In Breton,
AL there is a law against riding down the street in a motorboat. In Britain,
failed suicides were hanged in the 19th century. In Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma pigs less than 32 inches in length may be kept as pets provided
there are no more than two in a house. In Bromide,
Oklahoma it is illegal for children to use towels as capes and jump from houses
pretending to be superman. In
California you may not set a mouse trap without a hunting license. In
California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a
tavern, school, or place of worship. In Canada
it's illegal to pay for a 50 cent item with only pennies, to publicly remove
bandages, and for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine. In Canada,
if a debt is higher than 25 cents, it is illegal to pay it with pennies. In Carlsbad,
New Mexico, it's legal for couples to have sex in a parked vehicle during their
lunch break from work, as long as the car or van has drawn curtains to stop
strangers from peeking in. In Casablanca,
Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam." In
Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam." In Chicago,
it is illegal to take a french poodle to the opera. In
Chillicothe, Ohio it is illegal to throw rice at weddings. In Chinese
dining, duck sauce is almost never used on duck. In Chinese,
the Kentucky Fried Chicken slogan 'Finger-lickin' good' came out as 'Eat your
fingers off.' In Chinese,
the words 'crisis' and 'opportunity' are the same. In Christian
theology there are nine choirs of angels. From highest to lowest, they are:
seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominions, virtues, powers, principalities,
archangels, and angels. In Clawson,
Mich., there is a law that makes it LEGAL for a farmer to sleep with his pigs,
cows, horses, goats, and chickens. In Colombia,
if a Goajiro woman is successful in tripping a man during a ceremonial dance,
he's required to have intercourse with her. (7-16-01) In Columbus,
Georgia it is illegal to sit on one's porch in an indecent position. In Connecticut
any dogs with tattoos must be reported to the police. In
Connecticut it is illegal to pirouette while crossing the street In Corpus
Christi, Texas, raising alligators in your home is against the law. In Delaware
it is illegal to get married on a dare. In Delaware
you may not sell dead people for money without a license. In Denver it
is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor. In Denver,
Colorado it is illegal for Barber's to give massages to nude customers unless
it is for instructional purposes. In Detroit,
couples are banned from making love in an automobile unless the act takes place
while the vehicle is parked on the couple's own property. In Detroit,
Michigan it is illegal to sleep in a bathtub. In Devon,
Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset. In Disney's
Fantasia, the Sorcerer's name is Yensid, which is Disney spelled backward. In driving
tests, women reacted to emergency options in.56 of a second. Men scored .59 in
the same tests. In Duluth,
Minnesota it is illegal to allow animals to sleep in a bakery. In
Dyersburg, Tennessee it is illegal for a woman to call a man for a date. In earlier
times, virginity on one's wedding night was of the greatest importance. To
prove that the bride was a virgin, it was customary that the couple would
display the bloodstained bedsheet for all to see once the wedding was
consummated. In early
America, coffee was usually taken between meals and after dinner. In early
Yorkshire, England, a plate holding wedding cake was thrown out of the window
as the bride returned to her parent's home after the wedding. If the plate
broke, she would enjoy a happy future with her husband. If the plate remained
intact, her future was bleak. In Eastern
Africa you can buy banana beer. This beer is brewed from bananas. In
Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the age of a person when they marry was
dependant on the person's class. Those with a high social status were permitted
to marry at a younger age. In England
and the American colonies they year 1752 only had 354 days. In that year, the
type of calendar was changed, and 11 days were lost. In English
Parliament, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. In English
pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got
unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and
settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's." In English,
"four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its
value. In Erwin,
Tennessee an elephant was once hanged for murder. In Eureka,
Nevada men who have mustaches are forbidden from kissing women. In every
episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. In every
episode of TV's Seinfeld, there is a Superman somewhere in at least one scene.
(There's plastic figurine on the shelf in the dining area, and a magnetic
Superman on the fridge!) In Florida
failure to tell your neighbor his house is on fire is illegal. In Florida
it is illegal to fish while driving across a bridge. In Florida,
having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal. In Florida,
unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed. In Forrest
Gump, Gary Sinise's character (Lt. Dan) tells Tom Hanks' character (Forrest
Gump) that the day Forrest works on a shrimp boat is the day he'd be an
astronaut. The following year, Sinise and Hanks appeared together as astronauts
in Apollo 13. In Gabon,
there are several 1.8 billion years old natural nuclear reactors. In Gary,
Ind., persons are prohibited from attending a movie house or other theater and
from riding a public streetcar within four hours of eating garlic. In Georgia,
movie houses that want to show films on Sunday must reserve one showing a month
for religious material. In German,
"eins" and "acht" are the only numbers with their letters
in alphabetical order. In golf, a
'Bo Derek' is a score of 10. In Greene,
New York, it is illegal to eat peanuts and walk backwards on the sidewalks when
a concert is on. In
Halethrope, Maryland kisses longer than one second are illegal. In Hans
Holbein's painting, "The Ambassadors," the artist added a small skull
as a way of signing his name. Holbein is another word for "hollow
bone" or "a skull." In Hawaii it
is illegal to get a tattoo behind your ear or on your eyelid unless in the presence
of a registered physician. In Hershey,
Pennsylvania, the streetlights along "Chocolate Avenue" are in the
shape of Hershey Kisses. In honor of
the original thirteen states, the U.S. $1 bill has the following on the back:
13 steps on the pyramid. The motto above the pyramid has 13 letters (annuit
coeptis). E pluribus unum, written on the ribbon in the eagle's beak, has 13
letters. 13 stars appear over the eagle's head. 13 stripes are on the shield.
13 war arrows are in the eagle's left talon. In Hood River,
Oregon, you can't juggle without a license. In hotels in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, every room is required to have twin beds. And the
beds must always be a minimum of two feet apart when a couple rents a room for
only one night. And it's illegal to make love on the floor between the beds! In Iceland
it is illegal to have pets. In Iceland,
a Big Mac costs $5.50. In Idaho
walking along the street with a red-tipped cane is strictly prohibited. In Idiana it
is illegal to sell laughing gas with the intent to induce laughter. In Illinois
it is illegal for barbers to use their fingers to apply shaving cream to a
customer's face. In India,
where hinduism is the biggest religon, they belive that there are about 300
million different gods. Because almost every village has it's own local god. In Italy,
espresso is considered so essential to daily life that the price is regulated
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