Strange Trivia
 

I just had to start one of these threads for myself. I couldn't resist.

So, this is for stupid and/or strange and/or useless trivia.

For example:

Pirates thought that wearing an earring in a pierced ear improved their eyesight.

Just what is the poll about again?

All these "last thing you ate", "last thing you listened to", "questions", etc.

Personally, I think they're getting a little out of contrtol, but they sure are fun! :P

Here's another one:

Cleopatra married her brother.

Incest stops starting with your second cousin ;)

Yeah, they are. But we're (and by we, I mean the almighty Krang) is working out a way to control them.

Cold-blooded animals don't stand out in infrared.

The NY phone book had 22 Hitlers before WWII. The NY phone book had 0 Hitlers after WWII.

Now that is Strange Trivia.

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

That's cuz Sherlock is FAKE! I see right through your mind, Matthew.

Uh... yeah sure.

Coca cola originally contained cocaine, from which it derived its name.

0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a moose.

In Kingsville, Texas, it is against the law for two pigs to have sex on the city's airport property.

Some Benvenuto Trivia:

While playing Soul Calibur II, Benvenuto likes to play as Kilik and Sueng Mina.

GK never locks his keys in his car

It's impossible to lick your own elbow. Most people just tried to lick their elbow after reading that.

Hitler was a sensitive man.

James Cagney never said the infamous "You dirty rat" line.

The human head weighs 8 pounds! :D

Florence nighitnngale stayed in bed for 30 years after she returned from the war. she was hypochondric

A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.

Every US president elected in a year ending in "0" has been shot while in office, except Ronald Reagan who survived.

Bush hasn't been shot yet...

Giraffe's tongues are 6 inches long.

now that's amazing.

many US-americans believe that Saddam was responsible for 9/11 (amazing what propaganda can do...)

Supposedly...

The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.

Also...

In Texas, when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.





(Note: I've never actually heard of either of these for myself, but I found them on DumbLaws.com.)

now dumblaws is a good page.

Switzerland:

True, i know of several cases where people got sued for doing that

True, same as above

you can't ever mow your lawn. somebody always gets offended...

that would kill my brother aka the king of late peeign (try to go to the toilet at 2 am, guess who you'll meet)

what about your place?

English laws

"All English males over the age 14 are to carry out 2 or so hours of longbow practice a week supervised by the local clergy."
Every englishmen is a trained bow assasin :P

"You can only shoot a Welsh person with a bow and arrow inside the city walls and after midnight."
Let the midnight hunt begin :evilgrin:

"You may not shoot a Welsh person on Sunday with a longbow in the Cathedral Close."
just get away from the building and you'll be fine :)

"Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow."
I will make them pay for ever inventing that damn whiskey, mohaa

Something tells me that the englishmen loves longbows and hates welsh and scots :lol:

Until 1978 it was legal to kill mormons in Missouri.

It's true.

Never heard of that before...and you and I are both Tejans ;)

The way things are going now, it's only a matter of time.



Human feces are 40% dead bacteria by weight.

I voted for "Give it a rest already!!!". Maybe that was too harsh since I'm only thinking of one particular spammin' trollin' idiot. You know who I mean.

i also think it needs a rest, its pretty much the same as the stupidity thread, it should be a little more different, i just hope we get a spam foum, that would be cool :D

Or maybe a "blog" kind of forum.

They should lock and delete the stupidity thread. It's a total waste of space.

Re: English laws
 

"Excluding Sundays, it is perfectly legal to shoot a Scotsman with a bow and arrow."
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Technically that's only true in the City of York,and if you see the Scotsman on the City Walls. lol (I used to live there)

Something tells me that the englishmen loves longbows and hates welsh and scots :lol:[/quote]

That's what happens when you have over 1000 years of legislation on the statute books and don't review it often enough. The laws make sense historically.

What aboot a games/stupid stuff forum?

Wait for it, wait for it... :D

This is the games/stupid stuff forum as far as I'm concerned.

It is physically impossible to fold a piece of paper more than 11 times.