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RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 09-12-2018 12:55 If drivers adhere to the 45mph speed limit on a stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico, the road’s rumble strips will play a rendition of ‘America the beautiful’. RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 09-12-2018 13:46 It is illegal to die in Longyearbyen, Norway. Man landed on the moon before inventing luggage with wheels. RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 09-12-2018 13:48 Nintendo was founded in 1889. Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia. RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - kelly1066 - 09-12-2018 15:03 (09-12-2018 13:46 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote: It is illegal to die in Longyearbyen, Norway. Err... How do they enforce this? They can hardly send a dead body to jail or fine it? ![]() RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 09-12-2018 15:07 (09-12-2018 15:03 )kelly1066 Wrote:(09-12-2018 13:46 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote: It is illegal to die in Longyearbyen, Norway. Can’t tell you why but.. Seems that it’s been illegal since 1950, when locals discovered that bodies in the local cemetery weren’t decomposing because of the extreme cold weather conditions ![]() RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Goodfella3041 - 09-12-2018 17:54 (09-12-2018 12:55 )Carl_HoneyLover Wrote: If drivers adhere to the 45mph speed limit on a stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico, the road’s rumble strips will play a rendition of ‘America the beautiful’. If you live in Yorkshire, you may be getting one of these of your very own. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-46111645 RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 09-12-2018 18:12 Hunting unicorns is legal in Michigan. Cows moo with regional accents. Barry Manilow didn’t write his hit song “I Write the Songs”. RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 09-12-2018 18:14 According to a 2014 study, 1 in 9 Americans—exactly 11% of the population—think HTML is actually a disease. There’s an American town with a population of one… Monowi, Nebraska is the only town in the United States with an official population of one person. Yes, she owes taxes… To herself! She’s in her 80s, and she’s employed as the village’s mayor, librarian, and bartender. RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 09-12-2018 18:20 A U.S. constitutional amendment was proposed in 1893 suggesting that the country be renamed “The United States of Earth.” There was another failed amendment, a few years prior, that wanted to abolish the presidency and install a “Roman-style triumvirate.” RE: Fascinating Facts and Trivia - Carl-Gen X - 09-12-2018 18:23 After losing a drunken poker bet in 2009, a New Zealand man had his name legally changed to “Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova.” It took five years, but the name was finally approved by the government. All 99 characters of his new name are on his passport. |