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Australia
Children may not purchase cigarettes, but can smoke them.
You may never leave your car keys in an unattended vehicle.
It is illegal to roam the streets wearing black clothes, felt shoes and black shoe polish on your face as these items are the tools of a cat burglar.
It is illegal to read someone's tarot, or give them a psychic reading as these are forms of witchcraft.
Under Australian Communications Authority (ACA) regulations, your modem can't pick up on the first ring. If it does the ACA permit for your modem is invalid and there's a $12000 fine. - Telecommunications Act 1991.
England
Those wishing to use a television must apply for a license.
It is illegal to leave baggage unattended.
Picking up abandoned baggage is as act of terrorism.
France
Between the hours of 8AM and 8PM, 70% of the music in the radio must be by French composers.
Thailand
It is illegal to leave your house if you are not wearing underwear.
You must wear a shirt while driving a car.
You must pay a fine of $600 in Thailand if you're caught throwing away chewed bubblegum on the sidewalk. If you do not pay the fine, you are jailed.
No one may step on any of the nation's currency.

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In 2001, St. Patrick's Day was banned in Ireland because of the scare caused by foot and mouth disease.

The "Mexican Hat Dance" is the official dance of Mexico.

A 13-year-old boy in India produced winged beetles in his urine after hatching the eggs in his body.

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Amish people do not believe in the use of aerosal air fresheners.

Annually 17 tons of gold is used to make wedding rings in the United States.

Approximately 1 billion stamps are produced in Australia annually.

Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.

As an iceberg melts, it makes a fizzing sound because of the compressed air bubbles popping in the ice.

Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.

DC-10, the name of an airplane stands for "Douglas Commercial."

Every U.S. bill regardless of denomination costs just 4 cents to make.

Fires onland generally move faster uphill than downhill.

If someone was to fly once around the surface of the moon, it would be equal to a round trip from New York to London.

In 1907, on New Year's Eve, the original ball that was lowered in Times Square was made of wood and iron and had 100 light bulbs on it.

In 1958, the Crayola crayon color "Prussian Blue" was changed to "Midnight Blue" by the request of teachers as kids could not relate to Prussian history.

In 1971, the postal code was introduced in Ottawa, Ontario.

In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man. David Grundman fired two shotgun blasts at a giant saguaro cactus that ended up falling on top of him.

In 1989, the space shuttle Discovery carried 32 fertilized chicken eggs into orbit.

In 2002, the most popular boat name in the U.S. was Liberty.

In China, September 20 is "Love Your Teeth Day."

In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum.

In Ireland, a prime minister is a called a Taoiseach.

In Italy, Santa Claus is known by the name Babbo Natale.

In Japan, by the time man reaches the age of 60, he is commemorated with a special ceremony. This ceremony features the man wearing a red kimono, which denotes that he no longer has the responsibilities of being a mature adult.

In Japan, the number four is considered to be unlucky because the Japanese word for four sounds very similar to the word death.

In New York City, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans annually.

In November 1999, two women were killed by a lightning bolt. The underwire located in their bras acted as a electrical conductors, and when the lightning bolt hit the bra they left burn marks on their chest.

In Russia, when flowers are given for a romantic occasions, flowers are given in odds numbers as even number of flowers is given at funerals only.

In the U.S. the most common excuse made to get out of paying a ticket is to say they missed the sign.

In-vitro babies are born in Australia more than any other country in the world.

India has the most post offices in the world.

Instead of a Birthday Cake, many Russian children are given a Birthday Pie.

Majority of brides plan their wedding for approximately 7 to 12 months.

More than three thousand people work on research in Antarctica each year.

On April 4, 1974, John Massis of Belgium pulled two New York Long Island railroad passenger cars totaling 80 tons with a thick rope, with a small bit attached, using only his teeth.

One billion seconds is about 32 years.

One gallon of used motor oil can ruin approximately one million gallons of fresh water.

Over 175 million cubic yards of earth was removed for the creation of the Panama Canal.

Scatologists are experts who study feces. (aka. crap, dung, dookie, dumps, feces, excrement, etc.)

Some African tribes refer to themselves as "motherhoods" instead of families

Studies show that divorced women have more trouble starting new relationships than divorced men.

The Boeing 737 is nicknamed the Fat Albert.

The Canadian holiday Boxing Day got its name from the custom of giving. Servants were given boxes which had money hidden inside them from their employers. The servants would have to break the box into pieces to get the money.

The Christmas season begins after sunset on December 24th and lasts until January 5th. This is also known as the Twelve Days of Christmas.

The Mexican version of the Tooth Fairy is known as the Tooth Mouse, which takes the tooth and leaves treasures in its place.

The USS Abraham Lincoln has five gymnasiums on the ship and a basketball league with 22 teams

The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest military decoration

The Welwitschia plant can live up to 1,000 years.

The average America online user spends 70 minutes day online

The average day is actually 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.09 seconds. We have a leap year every four years to make up for this shortfall.

The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.

The city of Nottingham in England was the first city to have Braille signs (signs for the blind) in its shopping malls for the blind.

The concept of Boxing Day, which is on December 26th, was to give boxes of food and clothing to the poor. It is now viewed in some countries as a time to get merchandise from stores at reduced prices.

The first Halloween card was created in the 1920's.

The first Valentine's Day card was sent from a knight to his wife in 1415. The night was held captive in the Tower of London

The first lighthouse was in Alexandria in 290 B.C

The first place to celebrate St.Patrick's Day was is Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 1737.

The largest diamond found in the United States was a 40.23 carat white diamond. It was found in 1924 and nicknamed the "Uncle Sam."

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-What doesn't kill us makes us who we are.
-Jesus tap dancing christ I feel so in the dark!
-Emo! Because homos exuality just wasn't ga y enough!

Semen can help prevent cavities.

Tell your girlfriends. A bj a day keeps the dentist away.

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I wanted to see the universe, so I stole a Time Lord and I ran away.

My boyfriend told me this morning that he heard a fact that according to the 2000 us Consensus the dominant religion of the US is Jedi o.o

this could have already been posted

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in Ontario, Canada it's illegal to throw a chicken across the road.
If I wake up dead, i WILL kill you.
I was born on the mindor moon

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Islam is now the worlds most prominent religion

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Pie is tasty and yummy and delicious.

This thread hasn't been updaed in forever and a half.

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The prong of a fork is called a tine

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In anchient China the punishment for being drunk was death by stangulation

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If a guy is hanged, there is a 70% chance that he will get a boner

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Perpetual Ninja in training.

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

DMH

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i like liz

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Joan of Arc was not French, she was born in a small province outside of French jurisdiction. She actually was not a heroine of France until the 19th century. After her death she fell into oblivion. On his coming to power, Napolean needed a symbol, and he chose Joan of Arc.

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Nice factin keep it up

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In New York it is illigeal to shoot a rabit from a moving trolley car.

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I'm at that one place come find me time is running out

idk uhm how bout evil kinevil was born in montana

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'J' is the only letter to never appear in the periodic table of the elements.

  • 04.04.2008 5:33 PM PDT

Posted by: edmobman
If a guy is hanged, there is a 70% chance that he will get a boner


Where'd you get that?That's freakin hilarious!

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potatos dont make good table knives

  • 04.04.2008 5:43 PM PDT

From Cyro to Meta

My dog has 3 testicles

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http://www.trueachievements.com/

16% people have 69d

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Limestone is an ingredient in Hershey bars.

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The platypus is the only mammal that lays eggs. Random enough for you???

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In Texas if you steal a hourse you can be put to death by being hung

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An average of 264 people break their necks each year from trying to suck themselves.

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Posted by: BIDS1240
The platypus is the only mammal that lays eggs. Random enough for you???

no so does the anteater

  • 04.04.2008 8:33 PM PDT