Interesting facts

[JustAnotherNut]

Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, was the only member that surfed.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Chicago was built on a swamp. They raised the properties with jacks, placed wooden supports under them, and bricked around the bases. The swamp used to flood bringing diseases, hence why they elevated the properties.

 

[Captain Caveman]

The United States' adopted national flower is the Rose, officially proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 as the National Floral Emblem.

In 1485, 500 years before 1986, England adopted the Rose, specifically the Tudor Rose, as it's national flower.

 

[ChemEngineer]

Chicago was built on a swamp. They raised the properties with jacks, placed wooden supports under them, and bricked around the bases. The swamp used to flood bringing diseases, hence why they elevated the properties. To appease idiots, my reply will be "Ok."

Ok

 

[ChemEngineer]

I just realized:

One month from Tuesday will be 2/6/26, the last such date for ten years and one day.

Talk about excitement.......

 

[Captain Caveman]

France is older than the French language

 

[Captain Caveman]

Ethiopia follows a 13 month calendar

 

[Captain Caveman]

Hawaii moves about 3 inches a year closer to Japan

 

[Captain Caveman]

Selling a cactus in Arizona without a permit carries a 25 year prison sentence.

 

[Captain Caveman]

It is illegal to put coins in your ears in Hawaii

 

[Captain Caveman]

It is illegal to eat fried chicken with a knife and fork in Georgia.

 

[Captain Caveman]

The modern matchstick was invented in 1826 accidentally by an English chemist called John Walker.

 

[ChemEngineer]

It is illegal to eat fried chicken with a knife and fork in Georgia.

Gainesville, Georgia — “Poultry Capital of the World”
In 1961, Gainesville passed a tongue‑in‑cheek city ordinance saying fried chicken must be eaten with the hands.

It was created to promote the city’s poultry industry.

It does not appear in the Official Code of Georgia, meaning it is not a state law.

Reports consistently describe it as a novelty law, occasionally “enforced” only in ceremonial or humorous contexts.

 

[ChemEngineer]

It is illegal to put coins in your ears in Hawaii

Practical Reality​

• You will not be arrested in Hawaii for putting coins in your ears.
• It’s a local oddity, not a meaningful criminal statute.
• Modern Honolulu police do not enforce it.

 

[ChemEngineer]

Selling a cactus in Arizona without a permit carries a 25 year prison sentence.

Where the “25‑year sentence” myth comes from
This is a long‑running internet rumor.
It likely stems from:

Confusion with federal penalties for trafficking certain protected species (not cacti).

Exaggerations about Arizona’s strict saguaro protections.

Repetition on “weird laws” lists without citation.

No credible legal source or state document supports a 25‑year penalty.

 

[ChemEngineer]

Ethiopia follows a 13 month calendar

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• 12 months × 30 days
• 1 extra month (“Pagume”) with 5 days
• 6 days in leap years (every 4 years)

 

[Captain Caveman]

A couple of days ago, the girlfriend and I drove through Dumfries to have a wander around Caerlaverock Castle. On the way back, I noticed a building -

Dated MDCCLIII

Older than America.