Total Trivia

[garbage can]

Orgasm, stressing the body in various ways, has been known to produce some dire consequences. Kinsey again - "At orgasm some individuals may remain unconscious for a matter of seconds or even for some minutes". Kinsey also notes more than a dozen authorities - from Roubaud (1876) to Brown and Kempton (1950) - who recorded "loss of sensory capacity or even of consciousness during extreme emotion or sexual arousal". And orgasm has been known to accompany a variety of forms of damage to the body including lesions and ruptures of various organs. Death has also occurred from time to time!

Yeah, Nelson Rockefeller died of a heart attack while he was getting a blow job from his mistress....

 

[fire_breeze]

In Baltimore, Maryland, it is illegal to take a lion to the movies.

The question is, who has a lion to take to the movies?

 

[fire_breeze]

Yeah, Nelson Rockefeller died of a heart attack while he was getting a blow job from his mistress....

And according to some legends Attila the Hun died in a similar way.

 

[garbage can]

And according to some legends Attila the Hun died in a similar way.

Yeah, and Alexander The Great was dicking his bodyguard when he was striken with a pulmanary embolism.....

 

[fire_breeze]

Yeah, and Alexander The Great was dicking his bodyguard when he was striken with a pulmanary embolism.....

As did the 19th-century French President Felix Faure!

 

[fire_breeze]

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

I wonder why?

 

[fire_breeze]

More strange laws....

In Texas, it's against the law for anyone to have a pair of pliers in his or her possession.

In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.

Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.

In Corpus Christi, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.

In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.

It is against the law to mispronounce the name of the State of Arkansas in that State.

In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel.



What I would really like to know is how often these laws are enforced!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

In a lifetime the average person will spend 20,160 minutes (14 days) kissing

Only 14 days?
I need more than that!

 

[nctoddmc]

In a lifetime the average person will spend 20,160 minutes (14 days) kissing

Only 14 days?
I need more than that!

Damn, I'm behind!

The line starts to the left. Be prepared to wait, please...

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

From The Sunday TimesDecember 2, 2007

US says it has right to kidnap British citizens

AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.

A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.

The admission will alarm the British business community after the case of the so-called NatWest Three, bankers who were extradited to America on fraud charges. More than a dozen other British executives, including senior managers at British Airways and BAE Systems, are under investigation by the US authorities and could face criminal charges in America.

Until now it was commonly assumed that US law permitted kidnapping only in the “extraordinary rendition” of terrorist suspects.

The American government has for the first time made it clear in a British court that the law applies to anyone, British or otherwise, suspected of a crime by Washington.

Legal experts confirmed this weekend that America viewed extradition as just one way of getting foreign suspects back to face trial. Rendition, or kidnapping, dates back to 19th-century bounty hunting and Washington believes it is still legitimate.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A toilet brush that warns users "Do not use for personal hygiene" has won an annual contest for stupid product warning labels. The event is run by a consumer watchdog to increase awareness of how a litigation explosion is hurting America.

Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch (M-LAW) has been running the contest for eight years. Second place in this year's event was for a warning on a children's scooter: "This product moves when used."

In third place was a warning on a thermometer: "Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally."

Other labels included an electric blender: "Never remove food or other items from the blades while the product is operating."

"Warning labels are a sign of our lawsuit-plagued times," said Robert B. Dorigo Jones, M-LAW's president. He says the litigation culture has made the warnings so long that few people read them anymore – "even the ones we should read."

 

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A terrorist once didn't pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with "return to sender" stamped on it. Forgetting it was the bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.

 

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What was the ironic thing about Mel Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny? He was allergic to carrots!

 

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Banging your head on a wall burns 150 calories an hour!

Or if you're me last week, 300.

 

[Sienna]

Pregnancy in humans lasts on average about 270 days (from conception to birth).

 

[Sienna]

The average American spends 120 hours a month watching television, the equivalent of five complete days in front of the TV.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

In the UK it is illegal to enter the Houses of Parliament in a suit of armour.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Until 1976 London cab drivers were required by law to carry a bale of hay to feed a horse.

 

[Sienna]

Absinthe is another name for the herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) and the name of a licorice-anise flavored green liqueur that was created at the end of the 18th century, and manufactured by Henry-Louis Pernod. Called the 'green Muse' it became very popular in the 19th century, but was eventually banned in most countries beginning in 1908. The reason is the presence of the toxic oil 'thujone' in wormwood, which was one of the main ingredients of Absinthe. Absinthe seemed to cause brain lesions, convulsions, hallucinations and severe mental problems. Thujone was the culprit, along with the fact that Absinthe was manufactured with an alcohol content of 68% or 132 proof

 

[Sienna]

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.

I knew I loved avocados, I knew it!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

New York City became the capital of the USA in 1788 and remained so until 1800 when Washington, D.C. was so named.
But, not until the 23rd Amendment was ratified in 1961 were the residents of Washington, D.C., allowed to vote in presidential elections.

 

[fire_breeze]

Abdul Kassem Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century C.E., brought his library with him wherever he went. The 117,000 volumes were carried by 400 camels which were trained to walk in alphabetical order.

 

[mrtnmoon]

this is a little different, but still pretty trivial...

in 1958, baseball great stan "the man" musical signed a contract for $100,000 a year. in 1959 he had a subpar season, so he demanded (and received) a $20,000 pay cut.

wouldn't it be nice if the pro athletes of today had that much integrity?

 

[simply_subbie]

left handers live an average of 7 years less than righties