- Japanese research has concluded that moderate drinking can boost IQ levels.
- The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth is called Arachibutyrophobia.
- Macadamia nuts are not sold in their shells because it takes 300 pounds per square inch of pressure to break the shell.
- Florida: An elephant tied to a parking meter must pay the regular parking fee.
- In Samoa, it is illegal to forget your wife's birthday.
- In Alabama it is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone's pity.
- In the UK it is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
- Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
- London taxis (black cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.
- Descendants of Sweeney Todd, the cannibalistic barber, founded a sausage factory in Somerset, England after the First World War.
- The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.
- Queen Elizabeth Ist regarded herself as a paragon of cleanliness. She declared that she bathed once every three months, whether she needed it or not.
- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
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7 comments:
Hello Bazza, Nice to see your post. I didn't think that Sweeney Todd was real, so I'll guess that one. About the macadamia nuts, I have purchased them in the shell, but the thick shells are partially sawn through, and each bag is provided with a steel key to wrench the nuts open.
--Jim
Queen Elizabeth I was indeed regarded as a paragon of cleanliness. Her staff bathed once every month, whether she needed it or not :)
[And I spell loony without an e].
Hi Bazza - these are some great ideas ... yet so much is often written into county/provincial rules and government regulations ... so the elephant one ... but I'm sure I'm wrong - take care and good to see a post - Hilary
Thanks everyone. I shall refrain from commenting until the weekend!
Jim (Parnassus) was right - Sweeny Todd is a fictitious character!
Those are some peculiar facts! I remember hearing about the elephant in Florida. I wonder what inspired that rule?
Sherry: I would guess that it's an interpretation of a law that says anything you leave in the space must be paid for!
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