HAWAII



Did you know, In Hawaii
It is illegal to appear in public wearing only swimming trunks.
It is illegal to own a mongoose without a permit.


GEORGIA

Did you know, In Georgia, 
All males in the state between the ages of 16 and 50 are required to work on public roads.
In Quitman, it is illegal for a chicken to cross a road.
It is illegal to change the clothes on a storefront mannequin unless the shades are down.


FLORIDA

Did you know, In Florida,
Unmarried women who parachute on Sundays may be jailed.
In Sarasota, it is illegal to sing while wearing a bathing suit.




DELAWARE


Did you know, In Delaware, Getting married on a dare is grounds for an annulment.


It is illegal to fly over any body of water, unless one is carrying sufficient supplies of food and drink.




Connecticut


Did you know,
In Hartford, it is illegal to educate a dog.
It is illegal to dispose of used razor blades.
In New Britain, the speed limit for fire trucks is 25 m.p.h., even when going to a fire.



Colorado


Did you know,
In Logan County, it is illegal for a man to kiss a woman while she is asleep.
In Pueblo, it is illegal to let a dandelion grow within city limits.


California


Did you know,
It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
In Pacific Grove, "molesting" butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
It is illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.
In Long Beach, it is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
It is illegal to cry on the witness stand in Los Angeles courts

ALASKA



Did You Know, In Fairbanks, it is illegal to feed alcoholic beverages to a moose.
While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.

ALABAMA


Did You Know in Alabama, It is illegal to play dominoes on Sunday.
It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death.


ARIZONA

Did you know, In Tucson, it is illegal for women to wear pants.In Globe, it is illegal to play cards in the street with a Native American. In Glendale, it is illegal to drive a car in reverse. In Nogales, it is illegal to wear suspenders.







ARKANSAS

In Fayetteville, it is illegal to kill "any living creature."School teachers who bob their hair may forfeit their pay raises.







CRANBERRIES

Cranberries are sorted for ripeness by bouncing them; a fully ripened cranberry can be dribbled like a basketball.


RAMSES CONDOM

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great phaoroh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.


THE LONGEST PLACE NAME


The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiw en uaitnatahu, a New Zealand hill. 


OXFORD DICTIONARY

The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is *pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural. 





SHREK

The accent that Mike Myers used for the character Shrek came from the accent that his mother would use when she was telling him bedtime stories when he was a child




QUEEN ELIZABETH 1

Queen Elizabeth I always wore a necklace with a little perfume bottle attached everywhere she went



PROTESTS USING BERT FROM SESAME STREET

Anti-American demonstrators protesting in Bangladesh after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks carried posters of Osama bin Laden sitting alongside Bert, a beloved Sesame Street Muppet character


CROSSWORD SUICIDE NOTE

In 1926, a waiter in Budapest committed suicide. He left his suicide note in the form of a crossword and the police had to get help from the public to solve it.


SMALLEST SOVEREIGN ENTITY IN THE WORLD

The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M.). It is located in the city of Rome, Italy, has an area of two tennis courts, and as of 2001 has a population of 80, 20 less people than the Vatican. It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is