Strange laws

There is a virus battery!

By manipulating a few genes of a virus, researchers at MIT have been able to get this virus to grow and assemble itself in such a way that it functions as a battery!

Reference: http://www.powerhousetv.com/

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Amazing fact about soldier ants

In the ant kingdom some ants are soldiers, or army ants. These soldier ants are so genetically designed to fight, pinch, clamp and sting that their giant pinchers prevent them from feeding themselves. They must rely on other ants to feed them.

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Strange law in singapore

In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.

Reference: http://sumantkhanna.rediffiland.com/scripts/xanadu_diary_view.php?blogId=1158838340&postId=1159177442

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Disturbing facts about vikings

Vikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels.

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A strange law in Kansas

In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.

Reference: http://www.oregonlive.com/living/edge/index.html

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Strange law in New Jersey

It's illegal to slurp soup in New Jersey.

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Strange fact about alcohol and societal norms

Among the Abipone people of Paraguay, individuals who abstain from alcohol are thought to be "cowardly, degenerate and stupid."

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What is the penalty for a DUII?

While in some countries the penalty for driving while intoxicated can be death (yes, death), in Uruguay intoxication is a legal excuse for having an accident while driving. "Please believe me officer, I really was drunk."

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Is there a difference between crack & champagne?

According to the federal Center for Substance Abuse prevention, "For kids under twenty-one, there is no difference between alcohol and other drug use and abuse." Incredibly, it makes no distinction between a self-reliant 20 year old toasting his love at their wedding reception with a sip of champagne and a drug-addicted 20 year old doing crack cocaine!

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