FUNNY STATE FACTS
- Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel.
- Fountain Hills, Arizona, contains what is believed to be the tallest fountain in the world.
- Arkansas’ Pivot Rock balances on a base 15 times smaller than its top.
- Glenwood Springs, Colorado, contains the largest natural hot springs pool in the world.
- Clearwater, Florida, is the United States city with the highest rate of lightning strikes per capita.
- Rhode Island was the first in the nation to send a man to jail for speeding. It was in Newport in 1904; he was going 20 miles over the speed limit.
- Historic Saint Marys, Georgia, is the second oldest city in the nation.
- The Messick Agricultural Museum in Harrington, Delaware, houses the first tractor John Deere ever made.
- Wyoming was acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
- Rhode Island is the only state to have had five capitals at once. Until 1854, Providence, East Greenwich, Bristol, Newport, and South Kingston were all capitals. In 1900, Providence was made the official capital.
- California is bigger than eighty-five nations in the world.
- Tapping Reeve Law School in Connecticut, the first law school in the United States, was established in 1784.
CRAZY STATE LAWS
- The state of Pennsylvania prohibits singing in the bathtub.
- In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without the supervision of a licensed engineer.
- In Utah, it is against the law to fish from horseback.
- Virginia law forbids bathtubs in the house; tubs must be kept in the yard.
- In Seattle, Washington, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon that is over six feet in length.
- In Ohio, if you ignore an orator on Decoration Day, by publically pitching horseshoes or playing croquet, within one mile of the speaker’s podium, you can be fined $25.
- In Memphis, Tennessee, it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless a man is running in front of it waving a red flag to warn oncoming pedestrians and motorists.
- In Texas, a law states that when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a complete stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
- Nicholas County, West Virginia, prohibits clergy from telling jokes or humorous stories from the pulpit during a church service.
INTERESTING EARTH FACTS
- The earth is turning at a speed of just over 1000 miles per hour.
- An object thrown west will be thrown farther due to the rotation of the earth.
- The earth spins 1,000 mph faster at the Equator than at the North or South Poles.
- If the earth had no air between its atoms, it would be the size of a baseball.
- A 7.0 earthquake is 900 times more powerful than a 5.0 earthquake.
- Space dust increases the earth’s weight by as much as six tons a day.
- Christopher Columbus believed until he died that he’d landed in Asia instead of the 'New World'.
- At the center of the earth you would weigh nothing.
- Tsunamis travel as fast as jet planes.
- We live in the Cenozoic era, geologically speaking, which started 65 million years ago.
- To remember which way stalactites or stalagmites go; recite this “When the mites go up, the tights come down.”
- It takes 8.5 minutes for light to get from the sun to the earth.
WEIRD WARNING LABELS
- Remote Control: Not dishwasher safe.
- Scooter: This product moves when used.
- Toilet Bowl Brush: Do not use orally.
- Christmas Lights: For indoor or outdoor use only.
- Pepper Spray: May irritate eyes.
- Cayman Airlines: If you are seated in an exit aisle and are unable to read this, please ask a stewardess to reseat you.
- Fishing Lure: Harmful if swallowed.
- Korean Kitchen Knives: Keep out of children.
- Package of Rice: Not for human consumption.
- Shower Cap: Fits one head only.
- Toilet Brush: Do not use for personal hygiene.
- Massage Chair: Never force any body part into the backrest area while the rollers are moving.
- Curling Iron: For external use only.
- Car Jack: For lifting purposes only.
- Wheel Barrow: Not intended for highway use.
- Bag of Air for Packaging: Do not use this product as a toy, pillow, or floatation device.
- Blender: Never move food or other items from the blades while the product is operating.
- Snow Blower: Do not use snow thrower on roof.
- AA Batteries: If swallowed or lodged in ear or nose, see doctor.
- VCR: Instructional video on hooking up your VCR included.
- Aim and Flame Lighter: Do not use near fire, flame or sparks.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Your nose can remember 50,000 different scents.
- All babies are born with blue eyes.
- The strongest muscle in the human body is the tongue.
- Sneezes regularly exceed 100 mph.
- Women blink twice as many times as men.
- In the middle ages, the highest court in France ordered the execution of a cow for injuring a human.
- You can tell temperature by listening to a cricket chirp. For the temperature in Fahrenheit count the number of chirps in 15 seconds and add 37.
- Scientists say the higher your IQ the more you dream.
- Jelly fish are 95% water.
- You breathe mostly from only one nostril at a time.
- When you walk down a steep hill, the pressure on your knees is equal to three times you body weight.
- The largest supply of alcohol in the universe is in deep space. Astronomers have spotted an alcohol cloud in the Milky Way that measures 288 billion miles across.
- Tomatoes were originally thought to be poisonous.
- Tug-o-war was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
- Three Mile Island is only 2 ½ miles long.
- To find out if a watermelon is ripe, knock it; if it sounds hollow, it is ripe.