The fun facts thread.

[Qitz]

AR and TX are messed up states, that's why i like being up in New England aka Massachusetts.

Oh Massachusetts isn't exempt from some goofy ones either.

At a wake, mourners may eat no more than three sandwiches.

An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public.

It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.

A woman can not be on top in sexual activities.

No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.

Children may smoke, but they may not purchase cigarettes.

Alcoholic drink specials are illegal.

and, to finish it off, because this is the best.

Bullets may not be used as currency.

Would you like change with that? *Click*

Captcha's calling me a trollheim, wtf.

 

[TriggerHappyAngel]

In certain parts of Holland gravity is reversed.

 

[GrimTuesday]

Also, the actress of Leia didn't wear a bra on set.

There were also fun times had by all when she was in her "Slave Leia" outfit. The metal didn't exactly stick to her skin.

You can't cross the MN boarder with a duck on your head. Or Wisconsins with a chicken.

It's also illegal in MN to sleep naked or have oral sex (We're such a fun state huh?)

The penalty for jumping off of a sky scrapper in New York is Death (derp.)

In Texas, one MUST acknowledge a supreme being before being able to hold public office.

In Arizona, it is illegal to hunt Camels.

in Arkansas, a man can legally beat his wife, but not more than once a month.

That's about all I know.

In my beloved state of Washington, although more specifically in the city of Seattle, its illegal to carry a concealed weapon over six feet in length.

The design for Boba Fett's ship came from a street lamp

 

[Matt Oliver]

but those are all fun ones not abusive or religious ones

 

[Llil]

I've got more (thanks QI):

-The olympic games used to give out medals for things like architectural design, painting and poetry.
-Women have about twice as many pain receptors as men.
-When you look at a sunset, the sun is actually completely behind the horizon well before you stop seeing it.

 

[Staskala]

The Ouija board was originally intended as a toy and was patented in 1890. Now Parker Brothers has all copyrights and patents for it.

It sure is magical...

And if that wasn't enough to put you off, the mystical sounding name is actually just a composite of the French and German words for "Yes" - "Oui" and "Ja".

 

[GrimTuesday]

I've got more (thanks QI):

-The olympic games used to give out medals for things like architectural design, painting and poetry.
-Women have about twice as many pain receptors as men.
-When you look at a sunset, the sun is actually completely behind the horizon well before you stop seeing it.

People just keep on reminding me of facts that are stored away in my head.

There was an incident at one of the early Olympic games (in ancient Greece) where a competitor beat another competitor to death in one of the matches. He was executed, however, it wasn't because he beat the man to death, but because he threw sand in his opponent's eyes, thus dishonoring the gods.

 

[brunothepig]

Did you know, I am currently drinking latte? I really hope none of you did...
I got nothing. I'm sorry everyone. I'm rather tired. I know tons of useless crap, why can't I think of anything? Well, except stuff that's going to pop up in this thread ten times.

 

[Llil]

There was an incident at one of the early Olympic games (in ancient Greece) where a competitor beat another competitor to death in one of the matches. He was executed, however, it wasn't because he beat the man to death, but because he threw sand in his opponent's eyes, thus dishonoring the gods.

I remember hearing another similar story. I don't know how true it is, but here it is anyway.
In the Olympic games, also in ancient Greece, two competitors were having a really long wrestling match (you would only lose if you gave up). Eventually one of them decided to give up, only to realise his opponent had been dead for a while. So he lost to a dead man.

 

[Qitz]

Some more.

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts 3 naked men with their hands on each others shoulders.

Of the 17k+ words Shakespeare used, over 1700 are recorded there for the first time.

The San Francisco Cable cars are a National Monument.

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the fire engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and soon figured out how to walk up straight staircases.

A hurricane releases more energy in 10 minutes, than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great;Hearts-Charlemagne and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

n every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

 

[Segadroid]

Han Solo's ship, 'The Millenium Falcon', was based on a pickle lying next to a hamburger.

One of the reasons the Tower of Pisa stills stands is because of it's long build time; each time the building of the tower was halted due to war or lack of funds, the soft base was allowed to harden.

Chuck Norris is Christian and does not believe in human evolution.

The word 'OK' originally was an abbreviation of 'orl korrekt', a deliberate misspelling of 'all correct'.

 

[Dusty Fred]

In Turkmenistan the month of April and a loaf of bread are named after the president's mother.

 

[mikey7339]

Bananas emit anti-matter. Bananas contain an isotope of Potassium that undergoes a form of beta-decay, from which a positron is generated (and pretty much instantly annihilated).

 

[Magicmad5511]

The guy who voices the creepy guy on the phone in the Scream movies also voiced Mojojojo out of Powerpuff Girls.

Neil Patrick Harris actually got his famous part in How I Met Your Mother by messing up the audition. He beieved he was certain to get it so he went over the top and actually knocked over some furniture. The directors liked it.

Only female mosquitos drink blood.

That'll do for now.

 

[Doitpow]

In Gaelic there is a word for the short break between two rainshowers

 

[tFMechanic]

The further away you are from Africa, the less vowels you will find in a language.

Then explain Hawaiian, good sir.

 

[chetoos]

Caligula was given his nickname because he was dressed in a miniature soldiers uniform when out with the legion, and they named him after the boots he wore.

 

[Carnage95]

The length from your wrist to your elbow is the length of your foot.

 

[GrimTuesday]

The devil or a devil like figure appears primarily in religions that originate in continental countries where countries or societies converge, and for the most part, that devil figure and the things that are seen as sinful tend to be amalgamations of the culture that are in conflict with the culture where the religion is practiced. If you look at the religions of Island cultures prior to the spread of Christianity, there was more of a focus on nature and the positive and negative aspects of it.

 

[Bomberman4000]

In South Carolina on Sundays, it's legal to take your wife to the capitol building steps in Columbia and hit her and no one can do anything. State Law.

Gotta love my home state.


Also, the legal age of consent in my state is 16. They tried to make it 14, but that law didn't pass thankfully.