Society & Culture Interesting stats,trivia,facts etc.....

[worbod]

• Train robber Ronald Biggs briefly replaced Johnny Rotten as lead singer for The Sex Pistols
• In an episode of Sesame Street some decades ago, Cookie Monster is visited by a healthy cousin, whose name is Apple Monster

 

[The Sultan]

The number of the Beast (Devil's number) is in fact 616 not 666.

668 the neighbor the beast

 

[Shell]

If you high five someone, look at their elbow (instead of their hand). You cannot miss their hand, you will always stick the high five.

 

[muttweed]

In the USA, gay marriage is legal in 6 states. Having sex with a horse is legal in 23.


No homo, but that's appalling

 

[worbod]

In Norway there is a village named Hell. This means there literally is a Hell on Earth, and if you want to, you can go to Hell and back.

 

[TheWoodenSlug]

In Norway there is a village named Hell. This means there literally is a Hell on Earth, and if you want to, you can go to Hell and back.

I guess you'd just take the highway..

 

[Dangas]

Poutine is Canada's favourite food combination. Consists of French Fries "poutinized" with Cheese Curds and Brown Gravy. If you ever visit Canada, you need to try this before you leave.

 

[Slax]

In Ocean City NY, it is illegal for men to go topless, but it is legal for women.

 

[The_Reaper]

In Ocean City NY, it is illegal for men to go topless, but it is legal for women.

I like this place

 

[Hoffy95]

In the USA, gay marriage is legal in 6 states. Having sex with a horse is legal in 23.


No homo, but that's appalling

23 years? Who's that patient?

 

[placebo]

In the USA, gay marriage is legal in 6 states. Having sex with a horse is legal in 23.


No homo, but that's appalling

You're right.

We need to legalize horse sex everywhere!

 

[Slax]

In Lebanon any man may legally have sex with any animal just as long as it is a female.

my personal favourite and why i should move to kentucky

By law, anyone who has been drinking is "sober" untill he or she "cannot hold onto the ground"

 

[Inferno]

In the USA, gay marriage is legal in 6 states. Having sex with a horse is legal in 23.


No homo, but that's appalling

More US states allow cousins to marry (23 as well) then gays.

The number of the Beast (Devil's number) is in fact 616 not 666.

The transport authority in Moscow changed the 666 bus route because it's seen as the Devil's number. Guess what number they changed it to?

 

[Bouvet_Island]

Did you know that the trailer that was used in Pixar's 'A Bug's Life' was also used in 'Monsters Inc.' Freaky huh?!

In fact, the Yellow Toyota ute (or as the Yanks would call it "Truck"), appears in every Pixar movie except The Incredibles

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...anet-delivery-truck-appears-Pixar-movies.html

 

[Wallaby]

Geography!

The part of the US mainland closest to Africa is Maine.
When you travel from West to East through the Panama canal, you finish up in the Pacific.
When you travel from Wellington harbor (NZ North Island) to Picton harbor (NZ South Island), you can actually wind up further North than where you started (depending on which berth the ship uses - the quays are on identical latitudes).
The peak of Mt Chimborazo is the closest part of the Earth to the moon, and the point on the surface farthest from the exact centre of the earth.
Well over half of Africa's landmass is in the Northern hemisphere.
Adelaide is the Australian capital with the lowest rainfall. Hobart rates No 2.

 

[ioppolo]

The USA and Russia are 4.5km away from each other at the closest point.

 

[worbod]

Other unusual place names:

In Uruguay there is a city named Sauce.
In Sweden there is a village named A.
In France there is a commune named Condom.

 

[the_interloper]

According to Nic Natainui it's impossible to be black and not like watermelon. (he tweeted this recently)

 

[worbod]

The first person to portray Hawkeye Pierce was Donald Sutherland in the movie version of M*A*S*H in 1970. As many would know, the popularity of the movie was what led to the well known TV series being produced.

The first person to portray Homer Simpson was also Donald Sutherland. This was his character's name in the 1975 movie "The Day of the Locust".

 

[Partridge]

Geography!

The part of the US mainland closest to Africa is Maine.
When you travel from West to East through the Panama canal, you finish up in the Pacific.
When you travel from Wellington harbor (NZ North Island) to Picton harbor (NZ South Island), you can actually wind up further North than where you started (depending on which berth the ship uses - the quays are on identical latitudes).
The peak of Mt Chimborazo is the closest part of the Earth to the moon, and the point on the surface farthest from the exact centre of the earth.
Well over half of Africa's landmass is in the Northern hemisphere.
Adelaide is the Australian capital with the lowest rainfall. Hobart rates No 2.

Very good.

Antartica is not only the coldest continent on Earth, it's also the highest - and the driest.
The closest living relative to whales is the hippopotamus.

 

[ioppolo]

Other unusual place names:

In Uruguay there is a city named Sauce.
In Sweden there is a village named A.
In France there is a commune named Condom.

In Austria there's a place called F*cking.

 

[neroblack]

In the USA, gay marriage is legal in 6 states. Having sex with a horse is legal in 23.


No homo, but that's appalling

Are any of those states the same?

 

[RedmanWasHere]

In Austria there's a place called F*cking.

In Kentucky, there's a suburb called Mudlick.

 

[Ebert80]

The USA and Russia are 4.5km away from each other at the closest point.

Thats an interesting one, wouldn't have picked that. Part of Russia and Alaska apparently.

Presumably it was all one land mass thousands of years ago.

 

[Wallaby]

Thats an interesting one, wouldn't have picked that. Part of Russia and Alaska apparently.

Presumably it was all one land mass thousands of years ago.

The closest point is in the Diomede islands - Big Diomede is Russian and Little Diomede is Usanian. About 4 ks.

The mainlands are about 90 Ks apart. In winter you can walk it - sometimes. It doesn't freeeze solid, because of currents, but if lucky, you can jump between ice floes, islands etc. It's been done.

"In Ocean City NY, it is illegal for men to go topless, but it is legal for women."

For many years, there was a sign beside the First tee at Waverley Public Golf Course:
'Male Players Are Requested Not To Remove Their Shirts While Playing'. I think we made every possible joke every single time we teed off (we were very young).