Random FactsA lion at the movieIn Baltimore, Maryland, it is not legal to take a lion to the movies. Reference: www.some-guy.com
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] 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/
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] Amazing fact about soldier antsIn 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. Reference: http://www.some-guy.com/
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] Strange law in singaporeIn Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum. Reference: http://sumantkhanna.rediffiland.com/scripts/xanadu_diary_view.php?blogId=1158838340&postId=1159177442
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] Disturbing facts about vikingsVikings used the skulls of their enemies as drinking vessels. Reference:
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] A strange law in KansasIn Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits. Reference: http://www.oregonlive.com/living/edge/index.html
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] [ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] Strange fact about alcohol and societal normsAmong the Abipone people of Paraguay, individuals who abstain from alcohol are thought to be "cowardly, degenerate and stupid." Reference:
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] 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." Reference:
[ Portland search engine optimization | Random facts | ] 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! Reference:
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