Things you did not know

[Kaos Incarnate]

It is compulsory for boys to have at least 2 hours longbow practice (in England), taught by their local vicar.

It is legal for an Englishman to shoot a Welshman with a longbow, provided the Englishman is in England and the Welshman is on the Welsh side of the border.

If 2 trains aproach each other in Texas, they both must stop and neither may pass until the other one has passed. (This one was attached to the back of another law that someone - I forget who - didn't want passed, in the hope that the bill wouldn't be passed. Unfortunately the back of the other bill wasn't checked before it was passed!)

Throughout the whole of England it is illegal to eat mince pies on the 25th of December.

 

[Ruffythepirate]

How about this one: If you eat dinner at an inn in the country of Denmark and you are still hungry after eating your food, you don't have to pay for the meal. It is actually a law.

 

[sammyfreak]

If Half-Life became a movie, Hugh Laurie would be a perfect Gordon Freeman.

Nah, to old.

In my country (South Africa) we have internet, shopping malls cars and even cities.
Stupid American Assholesaid in American accent) Noways. that ain't possible and stuff. Africa is just jungle anywhere you go. Only abhoridjenies sorry I mean Zulus live there.

I am now choking on my own rage. Africa may be made up of genocidal maniacs but we are NOT all jungle dammit!

Fact, Western Cape Peninsula is the most beautiful place on Tellus.

 

[Anarchemitis]

(Previously Macromedia Shockwave) Adobe Flash player is 12 years old and still the most commonly used media format of its type.

 

[roo18]

It's total myth that you shouldn't go swimming for twenty minutes after eating.

 

[Rabid Toilet]

Shiek is a girl.

 

[sequio]

Sherlock Holmes used inductive, not deductive reasoning.

 

[the monopoly guy]

this is more or less a question, why does the metric system mainly use meters, and not decimeters? The american system (I don't know what its called) mainly uses feet and not yards

 

[Facey McFace]

Hitler was NOT a vegetarian it is just a myth.
We do not swallow spiders as we sleep as some think we do.
Bugs Bunny and Roger rabbit are hares.
A snail has its naughty bits in the side of its head.

 

[Rabid Toilet]

this is more or less a question, why does the metric system mainly use meters, and not decimeters? The american system (I don't know what its called) mainly uses feet and not yards

The metric system is based off of its base units. In the case of distance, this unit is the meter, and is thus more oftenly used than its subunit; the decimeter. I believe the only time this is not the case is with the kilogram, which is the base unit of mass.

Oh, and the american system is called the Imperial system.

 

[the monopoly guy]

The saying "Wagwon" usually exclaimed by many 'Rastas' is an abbreviation for "What's going on?"

The saying "Bumba Clout" is a saying derived from the Jamaican spoken language. "Bumba", meaning 'vaginal', and "Clout" meaning 'towel.' Basically if you are called this, you are being called a sanitary towel. Enjoy!

The average penis size has actually decreased from 6 inches to 5.5 inches due to an increased level of oestrogen in drinking water. Have difficulty sucking it nub!

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

The saying "Wagwon" usually exclaimed by many 'Rastas' is an abbreviation for "What's going on?"

The saying "Bumba Clout" is a saying derived from the Jamaican spoken language. "Bumba", meaning 'vaginal', and "Clout" meaning 'towel.' Basically if you are called this, you are being called a sanitary towel. Enjoy!

The average penis size has actually decreased from 6 inches to 5.5 inches due to an increased level of oestrogen in drinking water. Have difficulty sucking it nub!

The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before it.

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark?s stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest

Every year 4 people in the UK die putting their trousers on.

If you put a drop of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

you repeated about 5 things and some of that stuff (liek the exploding sark) sounds like BS, yes orcas kill sharks but they dont explode.
in Madagascar the aye-aye is considered a bad omen
the Navajos beleive owels are very bad omens
alot of the navajo's traditional beleifs are good ideas-they avoid corpses for 4 days after death because the "chindi" (everything bad about the person) lingers about and can makes them sick, whereas it took western civilization centuries to learn corpses should be avoided because of deadly pathogens

 

[Lukeje]

this is more or less a question, why does the metric system mainly use meters, and not decimeters? The american system (I don't know what its called) mainly uses feet and not yards

The metric system is based off of its base units. In the case of distance, this unit is the meter, and is thus more oftenly used than its subunit; the decimeter. I believe the only time this is not the case is with the kilogram, which is the base unit of mass.

Oh, and the american system is called the Imperial system.

Quite ironically, chemists use the opposite; the mole is in terms of grams, and the main unit of volume is the dm^3 (more commonly called the 'litre')

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

The Universe itself is 3K. -270 degrees C.

Pluto is not a planet.

The Great Wall of China can't be seen from Outer Space.

Ozone smells of lavender and is fatal to humans.

 

[Geoffrey42]

Pretty sure moondust is slang for another drug, although I maybe be wrong.

I don't believe anyone implied otherwise?

 

[werepossum]

American alligators' penis size is thought to be declining due to estrogen mimicking compounds in pesticides, antibiotics, and (curiously) cosmetics.

(The next time you think you hate your job, just be glad you're not gainfully employed measuring alligator penises.)

 

[jim_doki]

The meter is one second (thats the lowest measure, not the time it takes) of rotation of the earth

Tom Selleck was supposed to be Indiana Jones

Seaman Staines and Roger the Cabin Boy never, EVER appeared in Captain Pugwash

Dr Seuss used to write propaganda films, specifically SNAFU cartoons