I thought this could be fun. Please don't tell me that these are incorrect 'cause I don't really care! LOL
40% of all people who fall off of a horse are drunk
10% of men and 8% of women are left handed
Texas state law prohibits taking more than 3 sips of beer at a time while standing
Nebraska state law prohibits bars from selling beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup
All planets rotate counterclockwise except Venus - it's the only planet that rotates clockwise
It's illegal to sit on any street curb in St Louis and drink beer from a bucket
"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all letters in alphabetical order
The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard deck of playing cards
The kings in a deck of cards represent a king from history. The king of spades is King David, king of clubs is Alexander the Great, king of hearts is Charlemagne and the king of diamonds is Julius Caesar
The most popular name in the world is Muhammad
Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult
Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill
Ted Turner owns 2% of New Mexico
Most lipsticks contain fish scales
Before 1933, the dime was legal as payment only in transactions under $10. In that year, Congress made the dime legal tender for all transactions
In Chinese written language, the ideograph that stands for "trouble" is two women under one roof
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second
Suzie Derkins is the only character in "Calvin and Hobbes" to have a first and last name. Calvin's parents have no names at all
Assuming that each fold neatly overlaps it's opposite side, a dollar bill can be folded only 6 times - 7 if put in a vise
At 12,000 feet above sea level, there is barely enough oxygen in La Paz, Bolivia to support cumbustion. The city is nearly fireproof
In 1939, Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel titled Gadsby whose 267 pages and 50,000 words do not contain a single letter "e"
2 comments:
And here is a another little know fact/law from Virginia (soemthng to take with you)
It is illegal to drive a vehicle unless you have a shovel and bucket in the back (trunk)
It was a law back when most vehicles were horse drawn buggies and after people had cars no one ever went back and changed it. I happen to know for a fact that law enforcement officers have used that law when they suspect someone of a crime and need a reason to stop and search (remember my Dad is a retired cop!)
LOL!
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