I was reading this post – Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast from my friend Jill London and in order to send her some more weired facts in addition to the one in her post, I stumbled upon few really strange facts that I felt I can share with you all. Hope you find something new in these may be not so strange facts 🙂

• Tablecloths were originally meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating!
• Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
• Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia!
• When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second!
• There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos!
• All polar bears are left handed.
• No word in the English language rhymes with “MONTH.”
• “Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters “mt”
• In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
• Slugs have 4 noses!
• About 3000 years ago, most Egyptians died by the time they were 30!
• In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can’t flow down their faces!
• In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
• The elephant is one of the few mammals that can’t jump!
• America once issued a 5-cent bill
• A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! Wow!
• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
• Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
• Honolulu is the only place in the United States that has a royal palace!
• More money is spent on gardening than on any other hobby!
• The fear of vegetables is called Lachanophobia!..
• A toothpick is the object most often choked on by Americans
• Men are 6 times more likely to be struck by lightning than women!
• Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin!
• Bulls are colour blind, therefore will usually charge at a matador’s waving cape no matter what colour it is — be it red or neon yellow! – Now that makes me think twice as I always thought that Red colour does make a difference and if I stand wearing may be white then I might hide from his eyes.  Good to know this fact I think
• Apples are more efficient than caffeine in keeping people awake in the mornings – Wow I might carry an apple now as two coffee a day is something that is needed at the moment to keep me going otherwise which is not so good for health really
• Smelling bananas and/or green apples (smelling, not eating) can help you lose weight – Everyone trying to reduce weight, read this as it might be of some help in reducing those ounces
• The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people!
• The original name for the butterfly was ‘flutterby’!

There are some really strange laws also in place around the world that made me think for a while.

•  In Virginia, chickens cannot lay eggs before 8:00 a.m., and must be done before 4:00 p.m. – wow how do we control that now
• In North Carolina, it is against the law for dogs and cats to fight. – We are making laws for animals as well now
• In New Jersey, cabbage can’t be sold on Sunday. – What’s wrong with that ?
• In the State of Kansas, you’re not allowed to drive a buffalo through a street. – Yes that makes it safe now
• In Kentucky, it’s the law that a person must take a bath once a year. – That makes a state less stinkier
• In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents. – Do they even need it?
• In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping. – Do people do that all the time otherwise?
• California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat. – Man that’s not fair now
• In Illinois, the law is that a car must be driven with the steering wheel. – Really??
• In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal. – I need to be more careful now, not that I have ever done that
• The law states that more than 3000 sheep cannot be herded down Hollywood Blvd. at any one time.
• In Missouri, a man must have a permit to shave. – really??
• In Michigan, it is against the law for a lady to lift her skirt more than 6 inches while walking through a mud puddle. – Man I am not going there wearing a skirt now 🙂