FACTS!!!

When you first meet a women, she will make up any possible reason, silly or no, NOT to go out with you ^^

LOL i've often wondered why they put flies on the urinals and i also heard the story that it makes you 'aim' for it ^^

The weird thing is, once you know that they are there to urge you to aim at a specific spot you sort of begin to ignore them and just aim at whatever you like...or not at all :p

Hi these are Alabama USA facts (stupid laws )

It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
 
* Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
 
* Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.
 
* Boogers may not be flicked into the wind.
 
 
* It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
 
* You may not have an ice cream cone in your back pocket at any time.
 
* Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex.
 
* Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of divorce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
 
* Children of incestuous couples are deemed legitimate.
 
* Interracial couples may not marry. (Repealed)
 
* No billiard hall may operate a trap-door to a place where persons gather for "immoral purposes".
 
* No persons may sell "blow-out nuts".
 
* It is illegal to stake a horse on a highway.
 
* Hunting is not allowed on Sunday.
 
* Sex toys are banned throughout the state.
 
* You may not wear blue jeans down Noble Street. (Anniston)
 
* If an animal control officer is in uniform, it signifies to the public that he is an animal control officer. (Huntsville)
 
* It is illegal for a husband to beat his wife with a stick larger than the diameter of his thumb. (Jasper) (Also known as the rule of thumb)
 
* It is illegal to sell peanuts in Lee County after sundown on Wednesday. (Lee County)
 
* It is illegal to howl at ladies within the city limits. (Mobile)
 
* It is unlawful to wear women's pumps with sharp, high heels. (Mobile)
 
* It is considered an offense to open an umbrella on a street, for fear of spooking horses. ( Montgomery)   (Repealed)

 

Finnish Facts

Geography

Finland covers 338,000 km sq.
A quarter is within the Arctic circle.
69% of the country's surface is forest. 10% is water.
There are 187,888 lakes and 179,584 islands.
Finland has the greatest number of bogs in proportion to its area.
In the far north, the sun doesn't set for 73 days in summer.
In winter, it doesn't rise for 51 days.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Finland was 35.9°C, in the southern city of Turku.
The lowest was -51°C, in Lapland.
People

Population = 5,200,000.
78% are proud to be Finnish.
Average life expectancy is 80.3 for women, 73.3 for men.
Women represent 52% of the total workforce.
81.2% live in urban communities.
1 million live in the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Family

641,000 families have children.
The average family has 1.8 children
Finland has the lowest infant mortality in the world.
1 in 5 families own a dog.
Natural population growth is 0.2%
There are 24,348 marriages each year and 13, 853 divorces.

Religion

85.1% are Lutheran.
1.1% are Orthodox.
12.7% have no religious affiliation.

Language

93% speak Finnish.
6% speak Swedish,
20 000 speak Russian,
1700 speak Sami (Lappish).
Finnish has longer swear words than any other language.
It has no future tense.

Saunas

Saunas are integral to Finnish life.
There are 1.7 million saunas (1 for every 3 Finns).
The president and the prime minister each have their own official sauna.
Traditionally, women used to give birth in the sauna.

Education and innovation

Finland is the most economically competitive nation in the world.
Finns are the most literate population in the world.
13% have a university degree.
Finnish company Nokia produced the world's first mobile phone in 1987.
73% of Finns have mobile phones, the largest proportion in the world.

Finnish Festivals

Finns enjoy many unique festivals:
'Midsummer's Day' (Juhannus) is the most important annual event for Finns.
On 'Sleepyhead Day', 27 July, the laziest person in the towns of Naantali and Hanko is thrown into the sea.
'The annual wife-carrying championship' is held every July in Sonkajärvi.

Famous Finns

Alvar Aalto, architect
Santa Claus, philanthropist
Mika Häkkinen, Formula One driver
Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins
Aki Kaurismaki, Film director
Jean Sibelius, composer
Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux operating system

Facts about Yorkshire

Most Northerly Place : Holwick in Upper Teesdale.
Most Southerly Place : Totley, nestling down near Sheffield.
Most Easterly Place : Kilnsea, Spurn Head.
Most Westerly Place : Low Bentham, just outside the National Park Boundary.
Remotest Village : Kettlesness is six miles from Whitby, and the nearest bus stop is a mile and a half away.
Longest single-word Place Name : Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe in North Yorkshire, which has an impressive 27 letters.


Some Natural History



The Largest Forest : The North Riding Forest, part of the Forestry Commission North York Moors Forest District stretches for 12,220 hectares.
The Tallest Tree : Duncombe Park near Helmsley is home to a towering 150ft Lime tree.
Rarest Plant : In a highly secret part of the Dales so collectors aren’t tempted to go up and grab the Ladies Slipper (Cypripedium caleolus)
Largest Wild Mammal : The Dales is home to the Red Deer a handsome creature.
Smallest Wild Mammal : Is the Pigmy Shrew.
Smallest Bird : This is the tiny Goldcrest which measure just under four inches long.
Largest Bird of Prey : In West Yorkshire moorland the Goshawk, a breeding pair being recorded in the late 1990’s.

Some Impressive Buildings



Largest House : Castle Howard near York. One of the largest frontages of any building in Britain.
First Norman Castle : This was knocked up in a wooden fashion York in 1069 for William the Conqueror.
First Stone Castle : Richmond claims first position here, built in 1075.
York Minster : The largest Gothic Cathedral in Northern Europe.
Oldest Pub : The Bingley Arms, Bardsey near Leeds has been around since AD905, then called The Priests Inn.
Largest Open Air Theatre : Scarborough opened in 1932 housing a stage 182 feet long with a seating capacity of 7,000.
Largest Theatre : Sheffield Arena, caterers for over 11,000

A bit about Where i Live

About Halifax

Halifax, the main town in the Calderdale metropolitan district, reflects the prosperity of its past in the many buildings and mills built by the wealthy Victorian magnates.


These include the massive Dean Clough mills which once housed Crossleys, the world's largest carpet-making empire, until its demise in the 1980s. In recent years, the mill has undergone a renaissance as a business and office centre and now accommodates about 200 companies, employing around 3,000 people.


The Italianate colonnaded 18th century Piece Hall where wool merchants once sold their cloth is regarded as an architectural masterpiece while the Halifax Town Hall was designed by Sir Charles Barry, architect of the Houses of Parliament.


Halifax is also home to the bank of the same name and Eureka, the award-winning interactive children's museum, whose innovative exhibits draw thousands of visitors each year.


Today Halifax is a thriving commercial, industrial and retail centre with quick and easy links to the country's main motorway and rail networks.

Fact. The little town i live in is much less interesting than KP's town

There is not a word which rhymes with 'Orange'

SS369 wrote:There is not a word which rhymes with 'Orange'

deranged

SS369 wrote:There is not a word which rhymes with 'Orange'

Syringe

Turkeys may be scared to death at the sight of a piece of paper floating in the air.

SS369 wrote:There is not a word which rhymes with 'Orange'

nether a word that ryhmes with rythm bet ive spelt it wrong too..

KP wrote:

SS369 wrote:There is not a word which rhymes with 'Orange'

deranged

You sure are and thats a FACT!!!!!

A typical American eats 28 pigs in his/her lifetime.