Staredit Network

Staredit Network -> Miscellaneous -> Amazing facts!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Ninebreaker on 2005-06-19 at 20:22:17
You can't kill yourself by holding your breath
One quarter of the bones in your body, are in your feet!
It's against the law to have a pet dog in Iceland!
What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France.
Coca-Cola would be green if colouring weren’t added to it.
Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
Slugs have 4 noses.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chef on 2005-06-19 at 20:27:58
Three days without water, three minutes without air, three seconds to dodge a bullet =-O the rules 3.
Actually, I just forgot what the last one was, it slipped my mind, if anyone remembers I'll edit.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by chuiu on 2005-06-19 at 21:08:36
3 seconds? The slowest bullet moves at 180 meters (600 feet) per second. Average bullet speed is something like 350. You have to be pretty far away to have time to dodge a bullet.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chef on 2005-06-19 at 21:22:43
Including the time to pull the trigger, maybe it's winter too. I learned from Gladiator, that sometimes the cold makes the blade stick XD Damn I love that movie, they just don't make em like that. Half a km was about the length of No Man's Land in a lot places, wasn't it?

There's another pointless fact "The cold, sometimes it makes the blade stick".
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2005-06-19 at 21:42:43
It is illegal to peel an orange in a hotel room in California.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kingra on 2005-06-19 at 21:52:03
An elephant raises it's trunk when it senses danger.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chef on 2005-06-19 at 21:55:29
So you're saying, that if you have a spear and you run at an elephant it'll raise it's trunk? Excuse me Kingra but this is a thread for useless facts, not things that you could use to save your life.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Kingra on 2005-06-19 at 22:02:35
So where does it say it has to be useless? I'm just stating a fact as it says in the thread title, "Post what you know!"

The McDonald’s at Toronto’s SkyDome is the only McDonald’s location that sells hot dogs.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by pekkel_the_duck on 2005-06-19 at 22:10:31
The game Pac-Man was originally called Puck-Man, but the creators changed the name when the game was shipped to arcades in the U.S. because they were afraid that vandals would change the "p" the a "F".
Report, edit, etc...Posted by KaboomHahahein on 2005-06-19 at 22:19:00
QUOTE(Kingra @ Jun 19 2005, 09:02 PM)
So where does it say it has to be useless? I'm just stating a fact as it says in the thread title, "Post what you know!"

The McDonald’s at Toronto’s SkyDome is the only McDonald’s location that sells hot dogs.
[right][snapback]238943[/snapback][/right]


No longer called SkyDome...called the bad name after Rogers bought it. Roger's Center. I thought macdonalds has never sold hot dogs before. They have tried pizza but it failed.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by O)FaRTy1billion on 2005-06-19 at 22:59:06
It is illegal to go whale hunting in the state of utah.

[attachmentid=10601]
Have fun finding a whale. Or even an ocean...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by KaboomHahahein on 2005-06-19 at 23:09:49
Here we go have fun
http://www.stupidlaws.com/

I just list the first few that I saw

QUOTE
Country: USA
In Devon, Connecticut, it is unlawful to walk backwards after sunset.
Country: USA
In Denver it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor.
Country: USA
In Marshalltown, Iowa, horses are forbidden to eat fire hydrants.





ADDITION:
Here is another with more

http://www.dumblaws.com
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Voyager7456(MM) on 2005-06-20 at 11:03:50
"Citizens may not greet each other by "putting one's thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers". "

Lmao.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Slayer_dt_ on 2005-06-20 at 11:47:42
Lemons can be substituted as batteries.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2005-06-20 at 15:35:14
I got fined like $50 for eating someone else's Hamburger in Oklahoma. mad.gif

QUOTE
There is in fact an Illinois law that prohibits a number of things, one of which is a public erection, and another one of which is nude dancing. The prohibition against the public erection has never been challenged in the Supreme Court, but the prohibition against nude dancing has.


WTF? So if a girl is teasing me I'm supposed to run away because I can get an erection? Yeah, I'll run away into a room bleh.gif

QUOTE
There is a law on the books of TENNESSEE that says a man must run in front of a vehicle that a woman is driving, and, that the car may not go faster than five miles an hour!


Double U, Tea, Ef

QUOTE
It is illegal for a man to give his sweetheart a box of candy weighing less than fifty pounds in Idaho


I bet a Fat Woman made that law.

QUOTE
In Oklahoma Oral sex is a misdemeanor and is punisable by one year in jail and a $2,500 fine.


This one is for wesmic.

QUOTE
It is illegal to give free alcohol to Indians who live on reservations.


laugh.gif

QUOTE
In Singapore Oral sex is illegal unless it is used as a form of foreplay.


QUOTE
In Israel It is forbidden to bring bears to the beach.


There are bears in Israel?

QUOTE
In Alaska It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.


You know who this is directed to.

QUOTE
In New Mexico Idiots may not vote.


Hell Yeah!

QUOTE
In Florida Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.


Again, directed to wesmic.

QUOTE
Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.


What city? The one that no longer exists?

QUOTE
In San Francisco Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.


Someoen got owned tongue.gif

QUOTE
In Louisiana It is illegal to have sex with a cow.


wesmic...

QUOTE
In Arizone You may not have more than two dildos in a house.

QUOTE
In Massachusetts A woman can not be on top in sexual activities.


How come? If she likes it then let her be.

QUOTE
It is considered an offense to shower naked.
Location: United States, Florida

So... does that mean that I have to shower wearing a raincoat?

QUOTE
It is illegal to have sex in a moving ambulance and if you are caught the guy is let go and the woman is punished and her name appears in the newspaper.
Location: United States, Utah, Tremonton

I bet Kame will get mad at this.

QUOTE
When you pull up to a stop sign you must fire a gun out the window to warn horse carriages that you are coming.
Location: United States, Tennessee, Lenior County

Can I fire it at the horses?

QUOTE
The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
Location: United States, New York

Your jumping off a building for a reason you moron.

This one is for all the Australians out there!
QUOTE
A life sentence is 25 years.

Damn, you are all so lucky chair.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by O)FaRTy1billion on 2005-06-20 at 15:43:26
QUOTE
It is illegal to have sex in a moving ambulance and if you are caught the guy is let go and the woman is punished and her name appears in the newspaper.
Location: United States, Utah, Tremonton

Maybe I should move there, I already live in utah. tongue.gif
Jk...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by warhammer40000 on 2005-06-20 at 15:45:37
awesome...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Centreri on 2005-06-20 at 15:45:47
If you want to stay healthy dont read this
When you flush your toilet, drops of whats inside spread all over the bathroom. confused.gif
When people harvest wheat, some bugs always get stuck. Thats why you see bugs in your bread, and even chocolate (dont ask, i heard it on a science channel by accident) helpsmilie.gif
What's the difference between worms and spaghetti? you tell me... sad.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Rantent on 2005-06-20 at 18:27:27
Have you guys ever read LM Boyd?
His articles used to be in our newspaper, but aren't anymore. It's random facts like these.
Anyway:
Nasa in hebrew Means "to go up"
In Iran, too, shaking your head from side to side means "yes."
An "underslave" was what the old Romans called a slave owned by a slave.
You can float on your side in the red sea.
Unwesternized Chinese never talk while they eat.
Leonardo da Vinci knew how to make the camera. He just didn't know how to make the film.
Onions are the most bought vegitable worldwide.
If you're going to own a camel, feed it, or it'll eat your tent. Camels do that.
"Teen" is a Scottish word for grief.
The letter "H" started out as a Phoenician drawing of a fence.
The Chinese invented whiskey.
If the ancient Greeks weren't sure who'd fathered the baby, they said it was the child of their greater god, Jupiter.
Pancakes are the oldest prepared food still in exsistance.
There were tattoo artists before there were farmers.
Students of antiquity say that petite pup known as the Chihuahua was bred by the Aztecs to be eaten by the Aztecs.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2005-06-20 at 18:45:24
QUOTE
Leonardo da Vinci knew how to make the camera. He just didn't know how to make the film.


ROFL Owned

I ask myself, did he think of puttign a printing press in that camera?
Oh wait, Guttenburg was early 1500's, Da Vinci was 1400's.

Anyways, it would've been impossible for Da Vinci to make film because at that time, there was no radioactice material in which is used to make film like in 35mm and 70mm cameras.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shmeeps on 2005-06-20 at 22:18:21
13 people are killed annually by Vending Machine's falling on them, and Nearly all while trying to shake merchandise out of them.

On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every year,
11,000 Americans injure themselves annually while trying out bizarre Sexual positions, and a toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans.

You spend 7 years of your life in the bathroom,
6 months of their life sitting at red lights,
and 2 years on the phone in a lifetime.

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.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (If you force them open though, I believe they come out :/)

A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Ultimo on 2005-06-20 at 22:37:33
Most guys, if not all, cannot touch their shoulders with the back of their hands, when the arms are placed in front of them, back of the hands facing you, and trying to pull them backwards ( or move them backwards without twisting your hands so that your palms will face upwards. ) without twisting your arms. I've only seen girls do it.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by O)FaRTy1billion on 2005-06-20 at 22:42:39
That was confsuing confused.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Chef on 2005-06-20 at 22:46:28
QUOTE
Most guys, if not all, cannot touch their shoulders with the back of their hands, when the arms are placed in front of them, back of the hands facing you, and trying to pull them backwards ( or move them backwards without twisting your hands so that your palms will face upwards. ) without twisting your arms. I've only seen girls do it.

That hurts my forearms. I think it's 'cause girls don't have the manly biceps we do =D

I can touch my left shoulder with the back of my right hand though =-O
Report, edit, etc...Posted by warhammer40000 on 2005-06-20 at 22:48:16
QUOTE(PsychoTemplar @ Jun 20 2005, 10:46 PM)
That hurts my forearms. I think it's 'cause girls don't have the manly biceps we do =D
[right][snapback]239916[/snapback][/right]

I had to laugh when you said that.
Next Page (1)