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In Japan,
coffee shops are called Kissaten. In Joliet,
Illinois it is illegal to mispronounce the name Joliet. In July
1934, Babe Ruth paid the fan who caught his 700th career home run ball $20 to
get it back. In July
1981, a tortoise was sentenced to death for murder. Tribal elders in Kyuasini,
a village in Kenya, formally condemned the tortoise because they suspected it
of causing the death of six people, apparently through magic. However, because
none of the villagers was prepared to risk the tortoise's wrath by carrying out
the execution, it was instead chained to a tree. The tortoise was later freed
after the government promised an official inquiry into the deaths. In July,
1950, a patent was issued for an automatic spaghetti-spinning fork. In Kansas it
is illegal to catch bullfrogs in a tomato patch. In Kentucky
you need a license to walk around nude on your property. In Kentucky,
50% of the people who get married for the first time are teenagers. In Las
Vegas, it's against the law to pawn your dentures. In Lebanon,
Virginia it is illegal to kick your wife out of bed. In Lefors,
Texas it is illegal to take more than three swallows of beer at any time while
standing. In
Lexington, Kentucky, it's illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your pocket. In
literature, the average length of a sentence is around 35 words. In Los
Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles. In Los
Angelos, California it is legal for a man to beat his wife with a leather strap
as long as it is less than two inches in width, or she gives him permission to
use a wider strap. In M&M
candies, the letters stand for Mars and Murrie, the developers of the candy in
1941. In Maine, it
is illegal to sell a car on Sunday unless it comes equipped with plumbing. In Maryland,
men may not buy drinks for female bartenders. In
Massachusetts you must have a license to wear a goatee. In
Massachusetts, if you get caught eating peanuts in church , you can be jailed
for up to one year. In
Massachusetts, it is forbidden to put tomatoes in clam chowder. In
Massachusetts, it is unlawful to deliver diapers on Sunday, regardless of
emergencies. In Memphis,
Tennessee it is illegal for a woman to drive by herself. A man must walk or run
in front of the vehicle, waving a red flag to warn approaching pedestrians and
motorists. In Miami, it's
illegal for men to be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown. in microsoft
1998 edition if your keyboard isnt responding it displays "keyboard not
responding press enter to continue" In most
advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. In most
advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. In most
American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the
assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized
by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes. In most
comic strips and magazine advertisments, the time on the clock is 10:10. In most
watch advertisements the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. In Nags
Headm North Carolina you can be fined for singing out of tune for more than
ninety seconds. In Nevada it
is illegal to ride a camel on the highway. In New
Hampshire it is illegal to inhale bus fumes with the intent of inducing
euphoria. In New
Jersey it is illegal to delay or detain a homing pigeon. In New York
City it is illegal for a man to give 'The Standard Lear' to a woman. Violators
are forced to wear horse blinders. In New York
City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans. In Newport,
Rhode Island it is illegal to smoke from a pipe after sunset. In Nicholas
County, W. Va., no member of the clergy is allowed to tell jokes or humorous
stories from the pulpit during a church service. In Norfolk,
Virginia, a woman can't go out without wearing a corset. (There was a
civil-service jobfor men onlycalled a corset inspector). However, in
Merryville, Missouri, women are prohibited from wearing corsets because
"the privilege of admiring the curvaceous, unencumbered body of a young
woman should not be denied to the normal, red-blooded American male." In North
America, the breed of dog called the Doberman Pinscher is spelled with one
"n". But in Europe where it originated, it's spelled with 2. The man
who bred for the Doberman spelled his last name (Dobermann) with 2 'n's as
well. In North
Andover, Massachusetts citizens are prohibitied from carrying 'space guns.' In North
Caroline it is illegal to make love on the floor of a hotel room between two
double beds. In North
Dakota it is illegal to keep an elk in a sandbox in your backyard. In NYC,
"it is disorderly conduct for one man to greet another on the street by
placing the end of his thumb against the tip of his nose and wiggling the
extended fingers of that hand." In Oblong,
Illinois, it's punishable by law to make love while hunting or fishing on your
wedding day. In October
1959 Elizabeth Taylor became the first Hollywood star to receive $1 million for
a single picture. (for Cleopatra) In ohio it
is illegal to ride on the roof of a taxi cab In ohio it
is illegal to run out of gas. In Ohio
women are forbidden from wearing patent leather shoes, lest men see reflections
of their underwear In Ohio, if
you ignore an orator on Decoration day to such an extent as to publicly play
croquet or pitch horseshoes within one mile of the speaker's stand, you can be
fined $25.00. In Oklahoma,
people who make "ugly faces" at dogs may be fined and/or jailed. In one of
the central intersections of the resort town of Pompeii destroyed in A.D. 79 by
Mt. Vesuvius is a replica of the male genitalia, imbedded in and made of
cobblestones. The image is approximately three feet wide by three feet long,
and points the way to a house of prostitution. The walls of the house are still
decorated with picture of the various specialties of the ladies employed there. In Oregon
anyone with a bad reputation is prohibited from distributing malt beverages. In Paulding,
Ohio an officer of the law may bite a dog to quiet him. In
Pennsylvania: "Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him
must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends
with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish,
the motorist must take his car apart piece by piece, and hide it under the
nearest bushes." In playing
poker, there is one chance in 500 of drawing a flush. In
Pocatello, Idaho, a law passed in 1912 provided that "The carrying of
concealed weapons is forbidden, unless same are exhibited to public view." In
Providence, Rhode Island it is illegal to sell toothpaste and a toothbrush to
the same customer on a Sunday. In Radford,
VA you are not allowed to spit, loogie, puke or urinate on the streets. In Reno,
Nevada staging a marathon dance is illegal, although posting a notice on a fire
hydrant about illegal dance marathons is not. In Richmond,
Virginia it is illegal to flip a coin in any eating establishment to determine
who buys a cup of coffee. In
Rochester, Michigan, anyone bathing in public must have his or her bathing suit
inspected by a police officer. In rural
areas, there are more insects in 1 square mile than there are humans on earth In Salem,
Massachesetts sleeping in the nude in a rented room is forbidden, even for
married couples. In Saratoga,
Florida it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit. In Scituate,
Rhode Island it is illegal to keep a flock of chickens in your motorhome if you
live in a trailer park. In Scotland,
Irn-Bru is a soft drink that is more popular than Coca-Cola. When McDonalds
opened in Glasgow and did not sell Irn-Bru, it was considered an insult, and the
restaurant was subsequently boycotted. In Seattle,
Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in
length. In
seventy-five years the human heart pumps 3,122,000,000 gallons of blood, enough
to fill in oil tanker over 46 times! In
Shakespeare, Rosalind, the heroine of "As You Like It", has more
lines than any of Shakespeare's female characters. Cleopatra comes in second
with 670 lines and third place belongs to Imogen ("Cymbeline"), with
591 lines. In
Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes when you
pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on.
That's where the phrase, "goodnight, sleep tight" came from. In Siberia,
in 1994, a container full of marijuana was discovered in the 2,000-year-old
grave of a Scythian princess and priestess, among the many other articles
buried with her. In some
chuch in South Carolina, every man must bring a rifle to church on Sunday to
ward off Indian attacks. In some town
in South Carolina, it is perfectly legal for a man to beat his wife. But only
if its on the courthouse steps on Sunday. In South
Carolina you can be fined for not denouncing "the evils of
intemperance" on the fourth Friday of every October. In South
Dakota it is illegal to try to convince a pacifist to renounce his beliefs by
threatening to arm-wrestle him. In South
Korea, Green Giant canned sweet corn is advertised as a topping for ice cream. In space,
astronauts are unable to cry, tears can't flow down, because of the lack of
gravity. In Spanish,
the word "hombre" means: 'shoulder', 'man', and 'hat' all at the same
time. In Spit
Bergen, Norway at one time of the year the sun shines continuously for three
and a half months. In
Springfield, door to door salesman are prohibited from selling their goods
while standing in the middle of the road, screaming at passing vehicles. In Staten
Island, New York it is illegal for a father to call his son a 'faggot' or
'queer' in an effort to curb 'girlie' behavior. In Sterling,
Colorado, it is unlawful to allow a pet cat to run loose without a taillight. In Sumatra,
workers on coffee plantations gather the world's most expensive coffee by
following a gourmet marsupial who consumes only the choicest coffee beans. By
picking through what he excretes, they obtain the world's most expensive coffee
-'Kopi Luwak', which sells for over $100 per pound. In Sweden,
when leaving someone's home, wait until you get to the doorway to step outside
before putting on your coat. To do so earlier suggests you are eager to leave. In Tennessee
it is illegal to use a lasso to catch fish. In
Tennessee, it is illegal to shoot any game other than whales from a moving
automobile. In terms of
area, Juneau, Alaska, is the largest city in the United States, yet it can only
be reached by boat or plane. In Texas any
artificial constructed underwater barrier reefs must come with an instruction
booklet. In Texas
criminals are required to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or
in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed. In Thailand,
the left hand is considered unclean, so you should not eat with it. Also,
pointing with one finger is considered rude and is only done when pointing to
objects or animals, never humans. In the
"Princess Diaries" when the main character is talking to her friend
while walking up and down a bench, she falls which portrays her clumsey
character. That wasn't on purpose, though. It was raining and the bench was
very slippery and she fell for real. If you watch that scene, it will make
perfect sense consdering the way they were laughing and how the princess told
her friend to keep talking. The director liked it, so he kept it. In the 14th
century, the Arabs started to cultivate coffee plants. The first commercially
grown and harvested coffee originated in the Arabian Peninsula near the port of
Mocha. In the 16th
century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep
his family's pot filled with coffee. In the
1700s, European women achieved a pale complexion by eating "Arsenic
Complexion Wafers" actually made with the poison. In the 17th
century, no citizen of Japan was allowed to leave the country on penalty of
death. In the 17th
century, the number pi was known to 35 decimal places. Today, to 1.2411
trillion. In the
1800s, the Chinese believed that strangling a man was less sever a punishment
than beheading because the body would not be permanently disfigured. In the
1870s, William Russell Frisbie opened a bakery called the Frisbie Pie Company
in Bridgeport, Connecticut. His lightweight pie tins were embossed with the
family name. In the mid-1940s, students at Yale University tossed the empty pie
tins as a game. In the 1905
football season, 18 men were killed in college games in the United States, and
159 more were permanently injured. In the
1960's, the US spent millions developing a zero gravity pen for use in space In the 19th
century, craftsmen who made hats were known to be excitable and irrational, as
well as to tremble with palsy and mix up their words. Such behavior gave rise
to the familiar expression "mad as a hatter". The disorder, called
hatter's shakes, was caused by chronic mercury poisoning from the solution used
to treat the felt. Attacking the central nervous system, the toxin led to behavioral
symptoms. In the
ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, if a man was not married by age 30, he
would not be allowed to vote or watch athletic events involving nude young men. In the
Andes, time is sometimes measured by how long it takes to chew a quid of coca
leaf. In the
building trade a slate measuring 24 by 12 inches is called a In the city
of Carmel, where Clint Eastwood grew up, they dont have postmen, coz they dont
have street numbers. Ppl go to the post office to collect their mail. In the course
of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10
spiders. In the early
days of modern theater, artificial lighting was produced by throwing pollen
grains of the club moss which is highly flammable when placed on a hot surface
onto a hot shovel. In the early
stages of development, and pig's embroyo is similar to that of a human's. In the
England it is illegal to sell most goods on a sunday, (this law is mostly
ignored), it is however legal to sell a carrot. It is also legal to sell it at
any price and to give free gifts with it, such as anything else one might want
to buy on a sunday! In the
entire state of Maryland, it is illegal to give or recieve oral sex. In the game
"Monopoly," the space on which a player has the greatest statistical
chance of landing is Illinois Avenue. In the great
fire of London in 1666, half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were
injured. In the Great
Seal of the US the eagle grasps 13 arrows and an olive branch. In the
Holocaust between 5.1 and 6 million of Europe's 10 million Jews were killed. An
additional 6 million 'unwanted' people were also executed, including more than
half of Poland's educated populace. In the
kingdom of Bhutan, all citizens officially become one year older on New Year’s
Day. In the last
4000 years no new animals have been domesticated. In the last
three centuries, 90% of all people living in the Western world have switched
from tea to coffee. In the late
19th century the Supreme Court of the United States legally declarded the
tomato a vegetable. In the late
19th century, millions of human mummies were used as fuel for locomotives in
Egypt where wood and coal was scarce, but mummies were plentiful. In the mall,
the fat sheriff with the shotgun fires at the spiders. When the ejected casings
hit the ground, they make a metallic "chink" noise. Shotgun casings
are made of plastic. In the
Middle Ages, chicken soup was believed to be an aphrodisiac In the
Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their
valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week.
To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to
know how you are feeling. In the movie
Casablanca Rick never says "Play it again, Sam." He says: "You
played it for her, you can play it for me. Play it!". Ilsa says "Play
it, Sam. Play `As Time Goes By"'. In the
Netherlands, in 1634, a collector paid 1,000 pounds of cheese, four oxen, eight
pigs, 12 sheep, a bed, and a suit of clothes for a single bulb of the Viceroy
tulip. In the
original Star Wars A New Hope when everyone is stuck in the trash compactor and
the storm troopers come for C-3PO and R2-D2 the stormtroopers come through the
door and one of them hits its head, very funny. They make it look like he did
it on purpose by another stormtrooper says "Take care of him" which
they added in there guess Lucas kept it as kind of a joke In the
original Wizard of Oz, during the scene in the forest, you can see a body
hanging from a tree in the background. This is real. He was an actor that hung
himself after he didnt get the part of the Tinman. They cut it out of the later
versions, but if you have a movie from before the golden age of film editing,
you'll see him. In the pilot
episode of Seinfeld (then called The Seinfeld Chronicles) , Kessler was the
last name of the neighbor who would later become known as Kramer. In the quiet
town of Connorsville, Wisconsin, it's illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when
his female partner has an orgasm. In the Simpsons
series, Homer has said 3267 "Doh!" In the
Spanish Pyrenees, when a beekeeper dies, each of his bees is splashed with a
drop of Black Ink. In the St.
Louis, MO area, the word "hoosier" is used as a slang term for what
the rest of the country would describe as "white trash,"
"rednecks," or "hillbillies". In the ten
years between 1987 and 1997, there was an increase of over 800 million people
on the planet.
In the
United States bacteria in foods cause 6.5 million to 33 million cases of human
illness and 9,000 deaths annually. In the
United States only 80 miles separate the highest point of land and the lowest
point in the lower 48 states. Mount Whitney on the eastern border of Sequoia
National Park in California is 14,496 feet high, and a pool called Badwater in
Death Valley is 280 feet below sea level. In the
United States, a pound of potato chips costs two hundred times more than a
pound of potatoes. In the
United States, approximately seven billion pounds of chocolate and candy are
manufactured each year. In the
United States, more Frisbee discs are sold each year than baseballs,
basketballs, and footballs combined. In the
United States, poisoning is the fourth leading cause of death among children. In the US a
pound of potato chips costs 200 times more than a pound or potatoes In the US,
about 127 million adults are overweight or obese; worldwide, 750 million are
overweight and 300 million more are obese. In the US, 15% of children in
elementary school are overweight; 20% are worldwide. In the US,
Delaware, Virginia and Michigan rank as the top three states for Ritalin use,
and most of the prescriptions are for elementary and middle school age
children. Doctors in these states prescribe at least 33 grams for every 1,000
residents, 56 percent more than the national average, according to figures
compiled by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency. In the US,
federal law states that children's TV shows may contain only 10 minutes of advertising
per hour and on weekends the limit is 10 and one-half minutes. In The
Wizard of Oz the Scarecrow was looking for a brain, the Cowardly Lion was
looking for courage, and the Tin Man was looking for a heart. In the year
1763, there were over 200 coffee shops in Venice. In the year
1790, there were two firsts in the United States; the first wholesale coffee
roasting company, and the first newspaper advertisement featuring coffee. In the year
498 B.C., in the city of Chung-tu, crime ceased to happen with the naming of a
new Minister of Crime. Legend has it that nobody wanted to commit a crime
because everyone idolized the new minister, someone by the name of Confucius. In
Tonawanda, New York homeless people may not start a fire in the park unless
they intend to cook food. In Tulsa,
Oklahoma the limit on kisses is three minutes (by law). In Tulsa,
Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without the supervision
of a licensed engineer. In Turkey
during the 16th and 17th centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to
death. In turtles,
the colon(intestine) is also used for respiration, as it takes in oxygen. Thats
how they stay underwater for so long. In Utah a
husband is responsible for all criminal acts committed by his wife while she is
in his presence. In Utah it
is illegal to fish from horseback. In Utah,
birds have the right of way on all highways. In Vermont
it is illegal to paint landscapes in times of war. In Vermont
it is illegal to whistle while underwater. In Vermont
women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth. In Vulcan,
Alberta Canada, the tourist welcome sign is written in both English and Klingon
(alien language from "Star Trek”). In
Washington D.C. it is illegal to post a notice in public which calls another
person a 'coward' for refusing to accept a challenge to duel. In
Washington, anyone under the age of 18 must have parental permission to throw a
tear gas canister. In Waterloo,
Nebraska it is unlawful for barbers to eat onions while on the job. In West
Virginia it is illegal to dig for ginseng on your neighbor's lawn without their
permission. In West
Virginia you cannot fly a red flag in front of your house if you are
disappointed in your sherrif. In West
Virginia, it is legal for one to take roadkill home for dinner.... In
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, it is against the law for children under seven
years of age to go to college. In Wisconsin
you are allowed to marry your house. In
Wisconsin, after 3:00 a.m., you have to send a rocket signal in the air after
every mile you drive. Then wait a minute for a response. In Wyoming
it is illegal to tattoo a horse with the intent of making it unrecognizable to
its owner. In York,
Pennsylvania, you can't sit down while watering your lawn with a hose. Incan
soldiers used to eat freeze-dried potatoes when they were on a march. The
Incans would leave the food outside to freeze overnight, then thaw them out and
stomp on them to remove the excess water. Including
the 2000 World Series, there have been only three meetings between teams from
the same city: 1906 (Cubs vs. White Sox), 1944 (Cardinals vs. Browns) and 2000
(Mets vs. Yankees). India has a
Bill of Rights for cows. India has
the most post offices of any country with 280,181. India is the
leading film making country in the world. More than twice as many films are
made in India each year than in France, the third highest film producers in the
world. Indiana has
a city named Santa Claus. Infant
beavers are called kittens. Influenza
caused over twenty-one million deaths in 1918. Insects
shiver when they're cold. Insomniacs
may move as many as seventy times. Insulin was
discovered in 1922 by Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best. Intel is a
shortened name for Integrated Electronics. The company's founders wanted to use
the full name when they went into business in 1968, but it was already in use. Intelligent
people have more zinc and copper in their hair. Irish cream
and Hazelnut are the most popular whole bean coffee flavorings. Irving
Berlin has never learned to read music or to write it. He hums or sings his
songs to a secretary, who takes them down in musical notation. Isaac
Newton, Peter Tchaikovsky and Annie Lennox were all born on Christmas. Israel is
the only country in the world, which has compulsory military service for women. It has 51
meanings as a noun, 126 meanings as a verb, and 10 meanings as a participle
adjective. It has been
calculated that a single breath from a mature blue whale can inflate up to 2000
balloons. It has been
proven that feathers directly evolved from reptiles' scales. Therefore, birds
came after reptiles. It has been
reported that some dogs are able to sniff out skin cancer. It's in a journal on
Lancet. Click here It is
against the law for a monster to enter the corporate limits of Urbana,
Illinois. It is
against the law in Oregon to fish with canned corn. It is
against the law in Pueblo, Colorado, to raise or permit a dandelion to grow
within the city limits. It is
against the law in Texas, NJ, Iowa, and 25 other states for gay men to have sex
of any kind. The result of a man having sex with another man is punishable by
fines and up to 6 months in jail. it is, however, LEGAL for a male in Texas to
have sex with his sheep. It is
against the law to have a pet in Iceland. It is also
against the law in Oregon to get married in your bathing suit. It is
believed that the Greek poet Aeschylus was killed when a bird flying overhead
dropped a tortoise and struck him. Birds have been known to carry shellfish to
great heights and drop them in order crack the shells. It is
estimated that 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 snowflakes have
fallen to the earth since it was formed. It is
estimated that a plastic container can resist decomposition for as long as
50,000 years. It is
forbidden for aircraft to fly over the Taj Mahal. It is
illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep in Logan County,
Colorado. It is
illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license. It is
illegal for both sexes to flirt or respond to flirtation using the eyes and/or
hands. It is
illegal in Elkhart, Indiana, for a barber to threaten to cut off a youngster's
ears...what about an oldster? It is
illegal in Georgia to use profanity in the presence of a corpse. It is
illegal in Lafayette, Louisiana to play a musical instrument for the purpose of
attracting attention, without a license. It is
illegal in North Carolina to have sex in churchyards. It is
illegal in Reno, Nevada to conceal a spray-painted shopping cart in your basement. It is
illegal to accept a gratuity or tip in Iowa. It is
illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one
time. It is
illegal to hunt camels in Arizona. It is
illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona. It is
illegal to mistreat rats in Denver. It is
illegal to say "Oh, Boy" in Jonesboro, Georgia. It is
illegal to take more than 2 baths a month within Boston confines. It is
impossible for a pig to look up at the sky and people can not lick their
elbows!!!!! be sure to remember that the next time you stick your elbow in
spagetti =) It is
impossible for a solar eclipse to last for more than 7 minutes 58 seconds. It is
impossible for anyone to verbally count up to the number 1 trillion it is
impossible to drink more than a gallon of milk in 1 hour without throwing up!!! It is
impossible to get water out of a rimless tyre. It is
impossible to land on planet Jupiter, because, scientists believe that below
all the gases and liguid there is a center [core] which is made up of small
ball of pressurized iron, but it is impossible to tell for sutre. It is
impossible to lick your elbow. It is
impossible to sneeze and keep your eyes open at the same time.
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