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#68

The average cost of rehabilitating a seal after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively saved animals were released back into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers. A minute later they were both eaten by a killer whale.

If a person in New Hampshire is caught raking the beaches, picking up litter, hauling away trash, building a bench for the park and many other activities without a permit, he/she may be fined $150 for “maintaining the national forest without a permit.”

Although bourbon is Kentucky’s leading export and its production directly employs thousands of people, it is illegal to buy the product in the very counties in which it is produced. They are all, to this day, still dry.

#69

It’s illegal to hunt whales on Sunday in Ohio.

If someone beats a cow with porcelan figures he could be called a Nick Nack Patty Wack.

TODAYS ODD DISNEY FACTOID: All the waterways in the Magic Kingdom are connected. The highest point in the system is the 20000 Leagues Lagoon and flows to the lowest point, the Rivers of America.

384 acutally handed out rare gold & blue beeds at the VCU regional, while at Nats they handed out orange and blue. Freaky…

#70

*Originally posted by supersy *
**did you know that racecar spelled backwards is racecar! amazing isint it:) **
Palindromes rock.

Madam, I’m Adam!
A man, a pan, a Panama!

:slight_smile:

  • Katie
#71

Did u know…that in NYC jumping off a high building is punishable by death!

#72

Crab Drive comes from the Crab car. I forget when it was introduced but I think it was the 60’s or 70’s. In the crab car, to parallel park all you need to do was to drive up beside the spot and press a button. Your wheels would rotate 90 degrees and you could drive straight in and out of your spot. Unfortunately this was ridiculously unreliable so many times your wheels would get stuck in one orientation. Currently, Engineers in major auto makers are looking into the idea of crab drive.

#73

Did you know that elephants are the only ones that can’t jump?

Did you know my Birthday is on Valentines day?

#74

the only bone not broken so far during any ski accident is one located in the inner ear??

my birthday is on leap year??

#75

heh, about that 60’s crab drive.

My great grand-something (i never met him) unloaded a few hundred Popular Mechanics, from the 50’s through the 70’s.

One of them featured the parrallel parking system of which you speak . . . but not quite. It was indeed called crab car or something, but the main drive wheels did not actually rotate. Instead, a small set (read, 4 inche diameter) of wheels that were oriented perpendicular to the direction of normal travel lowered, and allowed you to drive the car (slowly) either left or right. It never caught on because it was buggy and expensive, and most people could parrallel park without it. Most people still can, its not that hard.

They featured several other parking systems. One I remember was a kinda forklift device. You would pull up in the spot and pay the man (or the machine, it may have been automated) and it would slide its forks under your car and park it in any of a honeycomb of spots that it controlled (it had two directions of motion.) It never caught on because of price and maintenence. And noone would let their BMW get forklifted up twenty feet by either a robot or the scruffy-looking operator.

did you know that what a company tells you is one kilobyte is only 1000/1024 of a kilobyte. And what a company tells you is one meg is really only 1000/1024 kilobytes, and so on and so forth?

#76

*Originally posted by Frank(Aflak) *
**They featured several other parking systems. One I remember was a kinda forklift device. You would pull up in the spot and pay the man (or the machine, it may have been automated) and it would slide its forks under your car and park it in any of a honeycomb of spots that it controlled (it had two directions of motion.) It never caught on because of price and maintenence. And noone would let their BMW get forklifted up twenty feet by either a robot or the scruffy-looking operator.
**

Walk around New York City sometime :slight_smile:

They’re not quite as you described, but there are plenty of parking lots that put cars into big giant cabinet-like things.

They do it with boats, too, when they’re winterized.

#77

I’ve heard a few nifty factoids lately and thought of this thread.

Did you know…

on every continent there is a city called Rome?

the pin that holds a hinge together is called a pintle?

the electric chair was invented by a dentist?

#78

ok this is completly random but did you know that it is illeagl to own a hedgehog in Pennsylvania. weird huh? just found that out.

#79

did u know…

In chico california…Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine

In texas…When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.

In new york… A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

In maine…You may not step out of a plane in flight.

and finally, In pensacola, florida…A women can be fined (only after death), for being electrocuted in a bath-tub because of using self-beautification utensils.

cant help but laugh at all the dumb laws in the US, for more go to
http://www.dumblaws.com/index.html

#80

More dumb laws…

San Francisco:

-Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash.
-Persons classified as “ugly” may not walk down any street.

What good would a leash do on an elephant? Seriously! …So who classifies the person as ugly? A police officer? Or can any person call the police and report an “ugly person”?

#81

In North Carolina, it is illegal for a game of Bingo to last longer than five hours unless it is held at a fair.

#82

does anyone know any dumb canadian laws?? because so far these are all dumb american laws.

some more dumb american laws:

In Minnesota, it is illegal to cross state lines with a duck on your head.

In Indiana, it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least 30
minutes after eating garlic.

Arizona requires its citizens to register with the state before going into
the business of selling cocaine, marijuana, heroin or other illegal drugs.

Pierre, South Dakota is the only example of a state and capital in the U.S.
that don’t share any letters.

and some random american stats:

In Los Angeles, there are fewer people than there are automobiles.

About a third of all Americans flush the toilet while they’re still sitting on it.

Only 55 percent of all Americans know that the sun is a star.

In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills. (of course)

There are more plastic flamingos in America than real ones.

Americans on the average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.

In the U.S. there are more 2nd streets than there are 1st streets and Main street is not the most common; Pine street is.

#83

did you know that Alaska is the state that pays the most for computer engineering when you first start?

did you know that i want to name one of my future kids Aristotle?

did you know that you can make a spectroscope out of some cardboard paper, an old cd, and some tape?

i didn’t think so…

“do you know the muffin man???..”

#84

“do you know the muffin man???..”
The muffin man???

Did you know that if you are released from prison in Alberta, Canada, it is required that you are given a handgun with bullets and a horse, so you can ride out of town?

#85

did you know that Jessie Owens’s real name was J.C. but one of his teachers heard him wrong and he used Jesse ever since?

#86

Did you know that 100% of the people who eat bread die?? :slight_smile:

#87

*Originally posted by kristen *
**Did you know that 100% of the people who eat bread die?? :slight_smile: **

We’ll just see about that

-Did you know that procrastanation is an art, and cruising Chief Delphi at 10:00 at night actually decreases your productivity? Who would have thought?

Stephen