Funny Laws Worldwide

1) In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
2) In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
3)In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
4) Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.
5) Flying Kites is Illegal according to Indian Posts and Telegraph Act
6) In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
7) In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
8) In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
9) In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.
10) You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
11) In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
12) In San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti.
13) It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis!
14) In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
15) In Georgia, US, members of the State Assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the State 16) Assembly is in session.
16) In Georgia, US, donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
17) It is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in church.
18) You are more likely to get a ticket if you drive barefooted.
19) New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.
20) In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front.
21) A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of Georgia.
22) In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on 23) haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.
24) In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark.
25) In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.
26) Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
27) In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.
28) In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
29) California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.
30) In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage.
31) Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland.
32) Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.
33) The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
34) New Zealand is the first country to allow women to vote.
35) Moscow weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting!
36) Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick
37) It's illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China.
38) It's against the law to pawn your dentures in Las Vegas!
39) It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska!
40) It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland!
41) It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland!

Amazing Facts about India

1. India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
2. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
3. India is the world's largest democracy.
4. Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
5. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
6. The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
7. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
8. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
9. Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth.
10. The art of Navigation was bornin the river Sindhu 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
11. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.
12. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.
13. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10**53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10 to the power of 12).
14. IEEE has proved what has been a century old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.
15. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
16. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called Sudarshana was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.
17. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
18. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
19. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization).
20. The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.
21. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
22. India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence without violence.
23. India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World.
24. India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
25. India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indigenously.

Weird Facts

• The chances of you dying on the way to get your lottery tickets is greater than your chances of winning.
• You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening!
• If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
• The can opener was invented 48 years after the can.
• A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.
• Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
• It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
• There is a poisonous plant that leaves the victim with a smile on their face at the time of death.
• The drummer for the rock group Def Leppard only has one arm.
• For most people, no matter how hard you pinch the skin on your elbow with your fingers it doesn't hurt.
• A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
• False teeth are often minutely radioactive.
• Historically, sweat has been an active ingredient in perfume and love potions.
• Consumption of TNT turns urine amber or deep red, which people often mistake for blood.
• If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
• If you eat lots of carrots, you'll start to turn orange.
• Cherophobia is a fear of fun.
• In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows.
• There are around 200 corpses on Mount Everest.
• One in three dog owners say they have talked to their pets on the phone.
• It would take 17,000 McDonalds strawfuls of water to fill a standard bathtub.
• Larry Walters tied 45 balloons to his lawn chair and rose to 15,000 feet.
• In 1992, 29,000 rubber ducks washed off a ship. They were found thousands of miles away 8 years later.
• In 1977 a 13 year old boy had a tooth growing out of his left foot.
• Your statistical chance of being murdered is one in twenty thousand.
• If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
• The world's tallest snowman was created in Bethel, Maine in 2008. It measured in at 122 feet / 1 inch and weighed 13,000,000 lbs.
• The military used toilet paper to camouflage their tanks in Saudi Arabia, during the Desert Storm War.
• All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).
• A donkey will sink in quicksand but a mule won't.
• Your home is ten times more likely to have a fire than be burglarized!
• You are about 1 centimeter taller in the morning than in the evening!
• Whispering is more wearing on your voice than a normal speaking tone.
• Until 1990, the deadly poison mercury was used in about 30% of latex paints!
• There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
• The U.S. military's dried food rations can be re-hydrated with urine!
• The U.S. Army accidentally ordered an 82 year supply of freeze-dried tuna salad mix for troops in Europe.
• The Saguaro Cactus, found in South-western United States does NOT grow branches until it is 75 years old.
• The opposite sides of a dice cube always add up to seven.

Dealing with unrequited Love

Unrequited love is love that is not returned. Whether you are the one who loves or is loved, it can be a painful experience. This article will offer some guidance for dealing with unrequited love, which has haunted and inspired people throughout history.

If Your Love is Unrequited

• Accept that romantic love isn't usually a conscious decision. So, if a person knows that you love them, but doesn't feel the same way about you, don't view it as some kind of betrayal or deliberate withholding. They might want to love you, but simply don't, for reasons they don't understand, and may never understand. Sometimes the feeling just isn't there. Try not to take it personally.
  
• Eradicate any sense of neediness. If you're feeling upset, depressed, or bitter, it's probably because you feel you need that person's love in order to be happy. But, the research on happiness says that all you need is a healthy dose of optimism. You may also find that it's a sense of neediness (which you may be conveying without even realizing it) that's turning off the person you love, perhaps by making them feel like they are on a pedestal that they don't want to be on.
  
• Distance yourself. You won't want to, but staying close to someone you want but can't have just isn't healthy. Don't tell the person or anyone close to them what you are doing, as they might try to convince you otherwise. Just try to get away for a while. Don't call them, don't go places where you know they frequently visit, and make yourself scarce. If you must have some contact (such as work) respond to messages slowly after a few days. Only call back when you have a good excuse to get off the phone after a few minutes. Take the time to reflect on your situation and learn more about yourself.
  
• Enjoy being single. Dealing with unrequited love is a lot like getting over a break up, except you feel a sense of loss over something you never had. Still, you have to learn how to enjoy life without someone, which can be hard in our couple-centered society, but it's do-able.
  
• If you want to stay friends, follow the steps in How to Deal With Being Dumped when You Want to Remain Friends. While you weren't dumped, you were rejected, and following that advice will help preserve your friendship with this person.
  
• Practice unconditional love. If you feel that you really, truly love this person, then perhaps you can love them unconditionally. You'll know you've reached that point when you can genuinely feel happy for them, even if that happiness does not include you. With unconditional love, there's no sense of loss, because it's about deriving all your happiness from the act of giving - not from receiving.

If You Are the Recipient of Unrequited Love

• Consider whether you are blocking out their love. Sometimes we feel undeserving or suspicious because of our past experiences, but if you reject love just because you can't trust someone, you're selling yourself short. See How to Receive Love if you feel this might be your conundrum. 

• If you're sure you don't love this person, be firm. Don't let the person believe that you're on the fence, that if they just do this or that they might be able to convince you to love them. The longer you wait to tell them, the harder it is to do. One thing you can say is "I don't feel the same way about you as you do about me. I don't know why, but I'm sure that's how I feel, and I don't believe it's going to change." They might be angry, bitter, depressed, but they will recover most quickly if you convey that this is non-negotiable.
  
• Reduce contact or end the friendship if the boundaries can't be clarified or upheld. If the person is attracted to you as more than a friend and can't seem to put that attraction aside, it's probably best to take the friendship down a notch. Keep contact casual, conversations short, and get-togethers brief. If the friend continues to press or yearn for a romantic relationship when you've made it clear that you don't want one, if they constantly trash talk your significant other (without good reason), or if they let their own significant other demean you, then perhaps the friendship isn't worth keeping, and this person should just be more of a friendly acquaintance.