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Here is thread for little facts you know that may or may not be interesting.

1. were does a loin cloth go? are you happy eating porn loin after that?

2. After the allies liberated the Nazi concentration camps, all the homosexuals were sent straight to jail.
Kind of Ironic.

3. The man who cracked the Nazi's Enigma code, the breaking of which ultimately allowed the Allies to win World War II, was himself arrested and convicted for being homosexual.

4. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.

5. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.

6. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.

7. In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.

8. In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.

9. In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.

10. In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.

11. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

12. In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day. 

13. In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.

14. In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.

15. In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.

16. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.

17. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.

18. In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.

19. In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits and also to “own” a pet – the town’s citizens, legally speaking, are merely “pet minders”.

20. In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

21. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.

22. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.

[BradAnderson1]

11. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

lol

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From Alaska

1.Moose may not be viewed from an airplane.

2.While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

3.It is considered an offense to push a live moose out of a moving airplane.

[Days of War]

11. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.

Which head?

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haha, well done.

but i think the other head is castration...

[Flack]

2. After the allies liberated the Nazi concentration camps, all the homosexuals were sent straight to jail.

3. The man who cracked the Nazi's Enigma code, the breaking of which ultimately allowed the Allies to win World War II, was himself arrested and convicted for being homosexual.

Gays got owned!

[BoDyBaG2224TLS]

Here is a fact: 67.2% statistics are made up.

[salan3]

Here is a fact: 67.2% statistics are made up.

including this one right?

[demoner]

That WAS the joke.

[|-|Cozmo|-|]

got a paradox for you: 100% of stats are made up . get your head round that.

[UnLimiTeD]

Thats not neccecarily a paradox, as you saying it is as well a statement.

[|-|Cozmo|-|]

if 100% of stats are made up then That stat has to be made up in which case NOT all stats are made up so then this stat could be true, but if it is then it is not true, and so the loop continues.

[BoDyBaG2224TLS]

In Singapore: If you are convicted of littering three times, you will have to clean the streets on Sundays with a bib on saying, “I am a litterer.

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Here are some funny laws I found a while back:

1. California: A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits.

2. Texas: It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.

3. New York: In New York State it is still illegal to shoot a rabbit from a moving trolley car.

4. Colorado: It is against the law in Pueblo, Colorado, to raise or permit a dandelion to grow within the city limits.

5. Washington D.C.: It is unlawful for small boys to throw stones, at any time, at any place in the District of Columbia.

[demoner]

I can imagine the stories behind this...

Ah yes, my new shooting range is AWESOME. You get on this trolley and move around on it shooting at rabbits, ITS GENIUS.

[Flack]

^"But, but i thought people would find it funny "

[Akranadas]

1. In New York, the penalty for jumping off a building is: Death.

2. In Danville, Pennsylvania, all fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.

3. In California it is illegal for a vehicle without a driver to exceed 60 miles per hour.

[Eleven]

20. In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.

No more surprise splinters.

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New york:

1. Women may go topless in public, providing it is not being used as a business.

2. You may not smoke within 100 feet of the entrance to a public building.

3. It is illegal for a woman to be on the street wearing “body hugging clothing.

4. Citizens may not greet each other by “putting one’s thumb to the nose and wiggling the fingers”.

5. A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting.

6. It is against the law to throw a ball at someone’s head for fun.

7. New Yorkers cannot dissolve a marriage for irreconcilable differences, unless they both agree to it.

8. A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

9. While riding in an elevator, one must talk to no one, and fold his hands while looking toward the door.

10. Slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 Pm

time for some UK laws:

1. No cows may be driven down the roadway between 10 AM and 7 PM unless there is prior approval from the Commissioner of Police.

2. All land must be left to the eldest son.

3. Divorces are outlawed.

4. Since 1313, MPs are not allowed to don armor in Parliament.

5. Those wishing to purchase a television must also buy a license.

6. With the exception of carrots, most goods may not be sold on Sunday.

7. 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.

8. London Hackney Carriages (taxis/cabs) must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats.

9. It is illegal to be drunk on Licensed Premises (in a pub or bar).

10. It is illegal for two adult men to have sex in the same house as a third person.

11. Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI).

12. Chelsea Pensioners may not be impersonated.

13. A bed may not be hung out of a window.

14. It is illegal for a lady to eat chocolates on a public conveyance.

15. Any boy under the age of 10 may not see a naked mannequin
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16. It is illegal to leave baggage unattended.

17. Picking up abandoned baggage is an act of terrorism.

The best website for these laws: http://www.dumblaws.com/laws/international/united-kingdom

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So far we seem to just have a bunch of funny laws, here are some funny WW2 facts:

1. The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937)

2. The first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940).

3. The highest ranking American killed was Lt. Gen. Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps.

4. At the time of Pearl Harbor, the top US Navy command was called CINCUS (pronounced “sink us”), the shoulder patch of the US Army’s 45th Infantry division was the swastika, and Hitler’s private train was named “Amerika”. All three were soon changed for PR purposes.

5. Germany’s power grid was much more vulnerable than realized. One estimate is that if just 1% of the bombs dropped on German industry had instead been dropped on power plants, German industry would have collapsed.

6. Generally speaking, there was no such thing as an average fighter pilot. You were either an ace or a target. For instance, Japanese ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa shot down over 80 planes. He died while a passenger on a cargo plane.

7. It was a common practice on fighter planes to load every 5th found with a tracer round to aid in aiming. That was a mistake. The tracers had different ballistics so (at long range) if your tracers were hitting the target, 80% of your rounds were missing. Worse yet, the tracers instantly told your enemy he was under fire and from which direction. Worst of all was the practice of loading a string of tracers at the end of the belt to tell you that you were out of ammo. That was definitely not something you wanted to tell the enemy. Units that stopped using tracers saw their success rate nearly double and their loss rate go down.

8. German Me-264 bombers were capable of bombing New York City but it wasn’t worth the effort.

9. Germany lost 40-45% of their aircraft during World War 2 to accidents

10. The Russians destroyed over 500 German aircraft by ramming them in midair (they also sometimes cleared minefields by marching over them). “It takes a brave man not to be a hero in the Red Army”. - Joseph Stalin

11. The average German officer slot had to be refilled 9.2 times

12. The US Army had more ships that the US Navy.

13. The German Air Force had 22 infantry divisions, 2 armor divisions, and 11 paratroop divisions. None of them were capable of airborne operations. The German Army had paratroops who WERE capable of airborne operations.

14. When the US Army landed in North Africa, among the equipment brought ashore were 3 complete Coca Cola bottling plants.

15. Among the first “Germans” captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to fight for the German Army until they were capture by the US Army.

16. Following a massive naval bombardment, 35,000 US and Canadian troops stormed ashore at Kiska. 21 troops were killed in the fire-fight. It would have been worse if there had been Japanese on the island.

17. The MISS ME was an unarmed Piper Cub. While spotting for US artillery her pilot saw a similar German plane doing the same thing. He dove on the German plane and he and his co-pilot fired their pistols damaging the German plane enough that it had to make a forced landing. Whereupon they landed and took the Germans prisoner. It is unknown where they put them since the MISS ME only had two seats.

18. Most members of the Waffen SS were not German. 

19. The only nation that Germany declared war on was the USA.

20. Nuclear physicist Niels Bohr was rescued in the nick of time from German occupied Denmark. While Danish resistance fighters provided covering fire he ran out the back door of his home stopping momentarily to grab a beer bottle full of precious “heavy water”. He finally reached England still clutching the bottle, which contained beer. Perhaps some German drank the heavy water…