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Friday facts fit for an obtuse king (10 Photos)

February 4, 2011 | In: Funny, Mind Blowing, WTF

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: Per capita, North Dakota has more golf courses then any other state.

: The official sport of Maryland is jousting. It is the only state with an official sport.

: The two most often portrayed literature characters are Sherlock Holmes and Dracula.

: The word ‘salary’ was derived from the word “salt” which is what ancient Roman soldiers used to be paid with.

: Masturbating in Indonesia is punishable by decapitation. Remind me never to go to Indonesia.

: Most American car horns are set to honk in the F key.

: Your nostrils detect smells differently. Your right nostril detects more pleasant smells, but your left nostril is technically more accurate.

: Little Red Riding Hood was Walt Disney’s first fairy tale to be adapted into a cartoon in 1922.

: More Monopoly money is printed every year than real money is printed by the US mint. Kind of sad, really.

: Driving blindfolded in the state of Alabama can get you arrested. No shit.

brad

#10 driving blindfolded can kill you. no shit.

moop

the reflection in the window looks scary

Shabs

#9 I never knew that.

steve's x-friend

Yeah. Remind me to never throw Monopoly money in the air. Sheesh!

Sneh

But that's not really a big deal. If the US prints, say $2 Billion a year, I could print my own play money and make it $3 billion and win.

JHL1

If you're not Parker Bros, I think spending that much money to print fake money would make you fail, not win…

rodrocks

#4 I never knew that!

LazyTheKid

Pretty sure Spartan's were Greek, not Roman. But whatev's.

CIA

#2 CRABCAKES AND JOUSTING, THATS WHAT MARYLAND DOES!

Jimbo

Actually, it's jousting and Lacrosse.

Jimbo

oh….and crabcakes!

mrjimmyos

What are, crabcakes?

MacnCheese

Pick meat from one of the best tasting crabs, the Blue Crab. Mix the meat with bread crumbs, mayo, mustard and this great seasoning we grew up with next to our ketchup called Old Bay. Form into patties, deep fry or broil. Eat the pattie or put it on a kaiser roll with tomato, lettuce and some mayo. Realize why Maryland has the best seafood

mrjimmyos

I must pick some up sometime

spacetrader

#9 My guess is Monopoly money is a valid currency in Israel.
http://www.beersuaded.com beersuaded

#3 like a boss

ringGold

count is bombin like a boss…
Fisheyes

Tired comment is tired

Edhor

…and that's a good example

WTFever

#7
Sells you blow, then finishes it with one line

CIA

scumbag suzuki?
CIA

scumbag suzuki??

Peter Griffin

I find this meatloaf rather shallow and pedantic.

JHL1

How can people thumb down that line?

They must be shallow and pedantic…

nana

#5 NO IT IS NOT. get your facts straight,

The Real D. Nozzle

Is to!
Raksasa

Lived in Indonesia for 3 months…they never caught me!

GarlicInYourEye

#5 Fuck Indonesia. This picture is hilarious

UR dumb bro

Yeah! Fuck Bali! Who cares if one of the best clothing optional beaches is there….

Simon

there's your reason for masturbation prohibition.. silly, horny asians

McBeastie

#9 isn't sad. If they printed real money like they print monopoly money, it would be worthless.

Chris

Actually, that's not really true. Something like a mere 10% of our currency is in physical form. Not to mention much of that is actually held outside of the US. A vast amount of the "wealth" is merely digital, created by the financial industry. To my knowledge they don't usually print money to make more money, it'd be kinda pointless with the easier ways mentioned above. It is printed for convenience issues since we sometimes need physical money and since it is a physical entity, they must print to keep up with those that are lost to degradation.

ryan

I believe he's referring to what the gentleman below me said. Inflation.

hamanahamana

Yeah, inflation, bitches.

ROK

"Per capita, North Dakota has more golf courses then any other state."

not very hard when only 600,000 people live in the entire state.
Pete

Regarding #4:
"Payed" should be spelled "paid".
Also, Sparta was in Greece, not Italy. So it has little relation to ancient Rome.

Regarding #5:
Which head?
Kenny

9 yeah, but, monopoly don't have transactional banking, have you ever see a man buying an hostel directly with cash???

granddad

I would if i could
JHL1

This one time, in band camp, we were buying this hotel, and……

xianhatesyou

"More Monopoly money is printed every year than real money is printed by the US mint. Kind of sad, really."

NOT SAD. Very, very good. Why would you want us to print more money to devalue the USD? We print too much as it is…

steve

thank you!

MattinAK

Alaska's official sport is dog mushing… not f**king with you. Look it up.
Diana Santos

#5 that feeling of dangerous must be aphrodisiac ^_^

aleXTC

Diana Santos
If that is really you in your profile pic, please send some of yourself
Thanks

Diana Santos

of couse that's me…why so many doubt? :S :p

SheOnceBelieved

#9 Says thanks to our president
Wolfram

Why would you want more money printed? That's why places in Africa have Trillion dollar bills. Print less = more value.
#9
Negrodamas

#1 "Then", indicator of time. "Than", indicator of comparison.
Ryan L

i live in a town of 40,000 and we have 5 in town…most small towns here have one and there is more land and less people…even though we can only golf for like 5 months out of the year…
mike

#3
*literary
ashleyging

thanks for the random facts. i might blurt one out at the bar tonight hahaha
francis

The Latin word for salt is 'sal', the word salary wasn't derived from the English word in Roman times. More specifically the word was 'salarium' which was a Latin word derived from 'sal' used to describe money used to buy salt. Whether or not Roman soldiers were ever paid in salt is debatable.
smartass

#7

Completely inaccurate. Take a frigging anatomy class. In humans, the olefactory nerves are nowhere near the nostrils.

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