Random Useless Facts

Started by Lana16 pages

I knew most of these 😖

It takes longer to say the abbreviation for World Wide Web than it does to actually say the phrase.

Camel's milk doesn'y curdle

Blue berry "jelly bellies" were made for ronald regan

The Ritz cracker was introduced to markets in 1934, but gourmets had to wait until 1953 for the invention of cheese in a can.

The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker.

A man named Ed Peterson is the inventor of the Egg McMuffin.

The only nation whose name begins with an "A", but doesn't end in an "A" is Afghanistan.

The original fifty cent piece in Australian decimal currency had around $2.00 worth of silver in it before it was replaced with a less expensive twelve sided coin.

Nepal's flag isn't rectangular. Or square. It's two triangles, sorta.

Theaters in Glendale, California can show horror films only on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday.

You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.

In Lehigh, Nebraska it's against the law to sell donut holes.

Under the law of Mississippi, there’s no such thing as a female Peeping Tom.

Anti-modem laws restrict Internet access in the country of Burma. Illegal possession of a modem can lead to a prison term.

Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.

In Idaho a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.

Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.

It is against the law to whale hunt in Oklahoma. (Think about it...)

A Venetian law decrees that all gondolas must be painted black. The only exceptions are gondolas belonging to high public officials.

In the state of Queensland, Australia, it is still constitutional law that all pubs (hotel/bar) must have a railing outside for patrons to tie up their horse.

According to law, no store is allowed to sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in Providence, Rhode Island. Yet these same stores are allowed to sell toothpaste and mouthwash on Sundays.

Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40 million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every year.

Chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt."

The handkerchief had been used by the Romans, who ordinarily wore two handkerchiefs: one on the left wrist and one tucked in at the waist or around the neck. In the fifteenth century, the handkerchief was for a time allowed only to the nobility; special laws were made to enforce this. The classical heritage was rediscovered during the Renaissance.

For hundreds of years, the Chinese zealously guarded the secret of sericulture; imperial law decreed death by torture to those who disclosed how to make silk.

An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

By law, information collected in a U.S. census must remain confidential for 72 years.

Candy made from pieces of barrel cactus was outlawed in the U.S. in 1952 to protect the species.

A slander case in Thailand was once settled by a witness who said nothing at all. According to the memoirs of Justice Gerald Sparrow, a 20th century British barrister who served as a judge in Bangkok, the case involved two rival Chinese merchants. Pu Lin and Swee Ho. Pu Lin had stated sneeringly at a party that Swee Ho's new wife, Li Bua, was merely a decoration to show how rich her husband was. Swee Ho, he said, could no longer "please the ladies." Swee Ho sued for slander, claiming Li Bua was his wife in every sense - and he won his case, along with substantial damages, without a word of evidence being taken. Swee Ho's lawyer simply put the blushing bride in the witness box. She had decorative, gold-painted fingernails, to be sure, but she was also quite obviously pregnant.

In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.

Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment: Prohibition.

A few years back, a Chinese soap hit it big with consumers in Asia. It was claimed in ads that users would lose weight with Seaweed Defat Scented Soap simply by washing with it. The soap was sold in violation to the Japanese Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and was banned. Reportedly, the craze for the soap was so great that Japanese tourists from China and Hong Kong brought back large quantities. The product was also in violation of customs regulations. In June and July 1999 alone, over 10,000 bars were seized.

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 New York State, it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.

Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, and Maine are the four states in the U.S. that do not allow billboards.

Wetaskiwin, Alberta from 1917: "It's against the law to tie a male horse next to a female horse on Main Street."

Women were banned by royal decree from using hotel swimming pools in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, in 1979.

In Riverside, California, there is an old law on the city's books which makes it illegal to kiss unless both people wipe their lips with rose water.

In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.


An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

😱 That's where I am! Good thing I don't dance...

In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.

😆 that one greatly amuses me......I love coffee 😄

i love crazy laws... infact i may make a thread... if it hasb;t already been done

hey Long Pig do u know why coke cola used to be green ??

how come?
because of the cocain?
thats what i got out of it.

if no coloring was added, coca cola would be green

There is a thread for this and it rocked...it was the random facts that only matter to a certain amount of people...post in that!!!

i find it kind of worrying i just read ALL the facts on here.

long pig it was because of the cocaine because they put the leaf in it made the liquid go green ✅

Originally posted by JLred
There is a thread for this and it rocked...it was the random facts that only matter to a certain amount of people...post in that!!!

yeah we should bring that back to life :yes i miss that thread 🙁

Re: Insanly Useless Facts You Care Nothing About

[QUOTE=3659149]Originally posted by long pig

Holy shit! I shall devote a whole new and undoubtfully world-conquering religion to you, since you cleary have much more awnsers than any other god! Incredible...

Useless Facts for Useless Mind.

the objective is to post something you learned...

today ive learned that 25% or 1 out of 4 women ages 23-50 carry vibrators during their travels via airport.

which is why you are likely to hear. "no officer i cant let you search my bag" or " the buzzing sound is not a bomb, officer"

im just wondering why they carry it? is it that hard for a woman to reach climax? 😕

You are about 5 months late. ermm

today i learned that I really dont like royalgaurd 🙂

please stop

Originally posted by Itzak
You are about 5 months late. ermm

UPS isn't.

Re: Useless Facts for Useless Mind.

Originally posted by ROYALGUARD
the objective is to post something you learned...

today ive learned that 25% or 1 out of 4 women ages 23-50 carry vibrators during their travels via airport.

which is why you are likely to hear. "no officer i cant let you search my bag" or " the buzzing sound is not a bomb, officer"

im just wondering why they carry it? is it that hard for a woman to reach climax? 😕

hush about climaxing - i never use a vibrator😊

hate it when boys ask or wonder about this gay crap

Originally posted by Bloigen
UPS isn't.

Thank god! w00t

*cough*IwastalkingaboutROYALGUARDonmyfirstpostbtw*cough* shock