Funny, Odd & Trivial Facts

** In Tokyo, a bicycle is faster than a car for most trips of less than 50 minutes. (Probably in centre of London, Rome, India & Shanghai too)

** It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis. (Wonder it's Okay out of the bottle or can?)

** A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.(Totally illogical the word even exist!)

** Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie. (Go ahead, you'll never get fat licking stamps)

** It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska (Help! How does one prevent it?)

** Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second. (Why the bother to count ? The red blood cells stay forever the same number)

** Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand. (Clever beasts)

** Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult. (Taxis in Japan too. Wise to take taxis in Japan & eat in Iceland to save money)

** The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad. (I would have thought Lee or Wong should outnumber any other)

** In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits. (Okay to throw them at women or men wearing anything else?)

** Nearly all lipstick contains fish scales. (Thought it was whale blood)

** Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada. (Do other countries commissioned all their papers to be printed in US & Canada?)

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