~ Lawn darts are illegal in Canada.
~ Anti-modem laws restrict Internet access in the country of Burma. Illegal possession of a modem can lead to a prison term.
~ The name of the legendary Lady Godiva’s horse – Aethenoth.
~ According to legend, if a hare crosses a person’s path as he starts out on a journey, the trip will be unlucky and it’s best to return home and start again. If a pregnant woman sees a hare, her child may be born with a hare-lip. If a hare runs down the main street of a town, it foretells a fire. Cornish legend says that girls who die of grief after being rejected by a lover turn into white hares and haunt their former beaus.
~ Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee’s head and 2 larger ones in front.
~ Caesar salad has nothing to do with any of the Caesar. It was first concocted in a bar in Tijuana, Mexico, in the 1920’s.
~ Almonds are members of the peach family.
~ The maximum weight for a golf ball is 1.62 Oz.
~ In California, it’s a crime to pickle a spiny lobster.
~ In New York City, election laws prohibit candidate nudity.
~ In Minnesota, the length of a frog must be measured from the tip of his nose to the end of his toes.
~ The first Ford cars had Dodge engines.
~ The average ear of corn has eight hundred kernels arranged in sixteen rows.
~ There are 22 stars surrounding the mountain on the Paramount Pictures logo.
~ There is a word in the English language with only one vowel, which occurs six times: Indivisibility.
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Healthier And Wealthier
14 years agoNow that is quite the information you shared there! I want to know who took the time to count kernels of corn on enough ears of corn to come up with an average! If it gave someone a job, I'm all for it.