Pointless fact of the day

[kris]

In 1912 a law passed in Nebraska where drivers in the country at night were required to stop every 150 yards, send up a skyrocket, wait eight minutes for the road to clear before proceeding cautiously, all the while blowing their horn and shooting off flares.

 

[Dotty]

Adolf Hitler was a vegetarian, and had only ONE testicle.

 

[villa_tom]

Pablo Escobar spent $2500 a month on elastic bands just to hold his money together

 

[Dotty]

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes

 

[Dotty]

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

 

[wetdrip]

 

[Dotty]

Middlesbrough, which has about 0.24 per cent of the UK's population, is responsible for 2.5 per cent of kerb-crawling convictions.

 

[Toxic Ted]

Sharks cannot swim backwards.

 

[JCplumb]

Lesbian sheep were the cause of the European foot and mouth crisis in the 90's.

 

[WHPES]

The term "White Elephant" originates from the white elephants that far Eastern monarchs kept. The beasts were considered sacred so could not be put to work, therefore the person receiving it as a gift was lumbered with having to feed and care for it whilst receiving no benefit from it other than as a status symbol.