Funniest fact about your city/town/country

Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem. (see more)

The apartment complex I just moved out of in Santa Clara, CA had a very specific policy on the ducks in the area(lots of water in the area and a little pond/river inside the complex).....



"Under no circumstances may you choke any ducks"


Yes, it was on the contract.

Yes, CHOKING ducks.

Yes, You should give me a 5 on the picture alone. (see more)

A few more...
Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine. (LOL)
It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
In Los Angeles a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can’t be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife’s consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully stipulated. (wtf!?) (see more)

I live at PAYAPA ST. but I, myself, is wondering why it has this kind of name...

PAYAPA (peaceful)..but in our case...it's like the daily happenings are very much opposite to the name of our street...

U will experience to see ur neighbors chasing each other (with knife), making a lot of gossips, and u will see a huge number of kids running around there...it's like there's a FACTORY OF KIDS in our street....but I'm used to it and it's actually quite cool living in that kind of place....

actually, when there's a commotion there i just assumed that there's an artist there having a shooting or whatsoever! LOL... (see more)

It is still on the law books in South Dakota that if three or more Native Americans are facing East, it is considered a War Party and you can legally shoot them on sight. (see more)

Here are a few I found that made me laugh...
Hollywood: It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
In Los Angeles courts it is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
Riverside: One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o’clock. (see more)

Apparently in New Zealand, it is illegal to wander the streets at night with your face blackened, and it is lawful to take a leak in the street provided that you maintain one hand on the rump of the horse while you leak, and you aim for the ground where the horse would leak onto. (see more)

My country (Argentina) had 5 presidents in one week...

top that...lol (see more)

In virginia:

It is illegal to tickle women.

No animal may be hunted on Sunday with the exception of raccoons, which may be hunted until 2:00 AM.


It is illegal to cuss about another. (In the county i live)

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um when filipinos speak English...you'll notice they use the letter "P" for "f" words. or "F" for "P" words

example:
English: can you pass me the paper plate please?

Filipino: can you fass me da fafer flate please!

hahaha (see more)

We have people who have to drive about 30 minutes to work living here saying that it saves them gas.

To me that is weird.  (see more)

The city of Las Vegas' obsession with stomping on the homeless has gone from the ridiculous to the sublimely ridiculous.
As noted earlier on the Buffet, the city passed a law making it a crime to feed homeless people in the park. But now the city, in its rush to persecute people who already have nothing, has made it a crime to sleep close to urine or feces that has not been properly deposited. Dog or human is unclear.
So, even if you have a home, if you plan to hang out in a city park and take a nap in the afternoon sun, to be in compliance with the law you must first establish a 500 foot caca- and peepee-free perimeter.  (see more)

In German it means, "a whale's vagina" (see more)

If a Native American is driving a covered wagon, you can legally shoot them. (see more)

In Tennessee, a law exists which prohibits the sale of bologna (sandwich meat) on Sunday.
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Yup...the next town over is called
DICKTOWN!!!

I couldn't make that up if I tried. (see more)

No gorilla is allowed in the back seat of any car.

Bullets may not be used as currency

It is unlawful to injure a football goal post, doing so is punishable by a $200 fine.

Defacing a milk carton is punishable by a $10 fine.

Duels to the death permitted on the common on Sundays provided that the Governor is present.

It is illegal to shake carpets in the street, or to throw orange peels on the sidewalk

It costs $50 extra for a permit for hurling, soccer or Gaelic football games in a public park on a Sunday.

It is illegal to frighten a pigeon.




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In Tennessee, it is against the law to drive a car while sleeping..um that's against common sense laws lol (see more)

funniest fact about my town is the sheriff here got busted for growing and selling pot. (see more)

grantham was voted the most boring town of 2006 in the uk .. its also were margerate thatcher was born and the funny thing is in the mueseam there are dolls taking the michael ot of her lol i told you our town was boring (see more)