A Thread On Useless Information...

[TwoTone]

Now here is some useful info!

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In Lebanon, men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death.

(Like THAT makes sense.)

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In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman's genitals, but is prohibited from looking directly at them during the examination. He may only see their reflection in a mirror.

(Do they look different reversed?)

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Muslims are banned from looking at the genitals of a corpse. This also applies to undertakers. The sex organs of the deceased must be covered with a brick or piece of wood at all times.

(A brick?)

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The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.

(Much worse than "going blind!")

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There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.

(Let's just think for a minute; is there any job anywhere else in the world that even comes close to this?)

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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband's illicit lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.

(Ah! Justice!)

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Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England - but only in tropical fish stores.

(But of course!)

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In Cali, Colombia, a woman may only have sex with her husband, and the first time this happens, her mother must be in the room to witness the act.

(Makes one shudder at the thought)

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In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.

(I presume this was a big enough problem that they had to pass this law?)

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In Maryland, it is illegal to sell condoms from vending machines with one exception: Prophylactics may be dispensed from a vending machine only "in places where alcoholic beverages are sold for consumption on the premises."

(Is this a great country or what? Well… not as great as Guam!)

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Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

(Who volunteers for this stuff?)

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Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

(Is that why Flipper was always smiling?)

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The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

(From drinking little bottles of?)

(Did the government pay for this research??)

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Butterflies taste with their feet.

(Ah, geez.)

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An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

(I know some people like that.)

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Starfish don't have brains.

(I know some people like that, too.)

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And, the best for last?

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

(And I thought I had bad breath in the morning!)

[Admin]

Another useless fact;

In average, people swallow 10 spiders while they are asleep.

[TwoTone]

Another useless fact;

In average, people swallow 10 spiders while they are asleep.

A day?

A week?

A month?

A year?

A life?

Come on T...

Don't leave us hanging like that...

And we need to know what kind of spiders as well...

What good are useless facts if we don't have all the info...

[KB]

It's in a lifetime and the info I got said 8 spiders.............however it might be more in norway because they eat anything

*runs ducking and weaving*

Ken

[jraines87]

Another useless fact;

In average, people swallow 10 spiders while they are asleep.

Another really usless fact....

My buddy Steve C. has a band called 10 spiders. They named it for this exact fact

http://tenspiders.com/

[TwoTone]

ALASKA

More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska.

AMAZON

The Amazon rain forest produces more than 20% the world's oxygen supply. The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea, off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States.

ANTARCTICA

Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country. Ninety percent of the world's ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents seventy percent of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert. The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches. Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, i.e.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet, with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

BRAZIL

Brazil got it's name from the nut, not the other way around.

CANADA

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village."

CHICAGO

Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

DETROIT

Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M - 1, named so because it was the first paved road anywhere.

DAMASCUS, SYRIA

Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents.

LOS ANGELES

Los Angeles full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula--and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

NEW YORK CITY

The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression "apple" for any town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time- The Big Apple. There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jewish people in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel.

AFRICA

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28.

Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38.

OHIO

There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio; every one is man made.

PITCAIRN ISLAND

The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles/4.53 sq. km.

ROME

The first city to reach a population of one million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

SIBERIA

Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests.

S.M.O.M.

The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta ( S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001, has a population of eighty, twenty less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.

SAHARA DESERT

In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.

SPAIN

Spain literally means 'the land of rabbits.'

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pig's Eye after a man named Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant who set up the first business there.

ROADS

Chances that a road is unpaved in the U.S.A.: 1%,

in Canada: 75%.

TEXAS

The deepest hole ever made in the world is in Texas. It is as deep as 20 empire state buildings but only 3 inches wide.

UNITED STATES

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one-mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips and in times of war or other emergencies.

WATERFALLS

The water of Angel Falls (the World's highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters). They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.

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DETROIT

Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan carries the designation M - 1, named so because it was the first paved road anywhere.

[censored]! The Romans were building roads while the natives of America were still living outdoors...

[ratchpot]

ROME

The first city to reach a population of one million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

[censored]! There's no city called Rome in Antarctica.

Edited July 16, 2006 by ratchpot

[Pugwash]

Useless jokes, more like. I've fact checked three of the claims and so far it's 0 for 3.

There are men in Guam whose full-time job is to travel the countryside and deflower young virgins, who pay them for the privilege of having sex for the first time. Reason: under Guam law, it is expressly forbidden for virgins to marry.

http://members.aol.com/magastodu/c_issues/...ws/01012002.htm

Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

Not true. Humans and Dolphins are, however, the only species that occasionally withdraw before orgasm, which means they understand a link between sex and procreation.

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

A few "side-necked" turtles (like the Fitzroy River Turtle) can, but the vast majority of turtles either don't have cloacal bursae, or have them but can't use them for breathing.

[sssurfer]

In Santa Cruz, Bolivia, it is illegal for a man to have sex with a woman and her daughter at the same time.

I wonder how one can have sex with two women at the same time whichever they are. Either you need two penises, or a very long penis (in which case the nearest of the two women is also going to get seriously hurt).