n A law in Illinois prohibits barbers from using their fingers to apply shaving cream to a patron's face.

n A new law passed in the fall of 2000 gives e-signatures the same legal standing as handwritten signatures.

n About 10 percent of the workforce in Egypt is under 12 years of age. Although laws protecting children are on the books, they are not well enforced, partly because many poverty-stricken parents feel forced to send their children out to help support the family.

n According to law, no store is allowed to sell a toothbrush on the Sabbath in Providence, Rhode Island. Yet, these same stores are allowed to sell toothpaste and mouthwash on Sundays.

n Almost every weekday morning, free Kleenexes are handed to the commuters in front of Japan's rail and bus stations. The tissues are distributed by workers of the companies whose messages and advertisement are printed on the packages. The reason for this. . . most public bathrooms do not have paper towels or toilet paper.

n Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40 million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every year.

n In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.

n In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.

n In Britain, a horseshoe was not thought to be lucky traditionally. It was thought to be a guardian against all evil forces, as inhabitants of the spirit world were supposed to flee from the sight of cold iron.

n In Britain, the law was changed in 1789 to make the method of execution hanging. Prior to that, burning was the modus operandi. The last female to be executed by burning in England was Christian Bowman. Her crime was making counterfeit coins.

n In Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, it is customary for the streets to be blocked off on Christmas Eve so that the people can rollerskate to church.

n Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

n In England in 1571, a man could be fined for not wearing a wool cap.

n In England, a Witchcraft Act of the early 1700s identified black cats as dangerous animals to be shunned.

n In Florida, women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.

.n During the reign of Catherine I of Russia, the rules for parties stipulated that no man was to get drunk before 9 o'clock and ladies weren't to get drunk at any hour.

n Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath once a year.

n Licensed London taxis are required by law to carry a bale of hay at all times. This dates from the days of the horse-drawn cab and the relevant law has never been revoked.

n Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.

n In Idaho, a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.

n Officials of ancient Greece decreed that mollusk shells be used as ballots, because once a vote was scratched on the shell, it couldn't be erased or altered.

n In London it is illegal to drive a car without sitting in the front seat.

n In London, it is a 24-hour detainment if caught sticking gum under a seat on the upper deck of a bus.

n In Massachusetts, snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked and it is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.

n In Italy, there is a law on the books that requires a smile on the face of all citizens at all times. Exemptions include time spent visiting patients in hospitals or attending funerals. Otherwise, the fine is $100 if they are seen in public without a smile on their face.

n It is illegal to play Dominos on Sunday in Alabama.

n In Alabama it is illegal to wear a fake moustache that causes laughter in a church.

n A law in Fairbanks, Alaska, does not allow moose to have sex on city streets.

n In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.

n In Florida it is illegal for single, divorced, or widowed women to parachute on Sunday afternoons.

n If a police officer in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, suspects a couple is having sex inside a vehicle they must honk their horn three times, and wait two minutes before being allowed to approach the scene.

n A law in Oblong, Illinois makes it a crime to make love while fishing or hunting on your wedding day.

n In Ames Iowa a husband may not take more than three gulps of beer while lying in bed with his wife.

n A law in Alexandria, Minnesota makes it illegal for a husband to make love to his wife if his breath smells like garlic, onions, or sardines.

n In Bozeman, Montana, you can't perform any sexual acts in the front yard of any home, after sundown, and if you are nude.

n A Helena, Montana law states that a woman cannot dance on a saloon table unless her clothing weights more than three pounds, two ounces.

n Hotel owners in Hastings, Nebraska are required by law to provide a clean, white cotton nightshirt to each guest. According to the law, no couple may have sex unless they are wearing the nightshirts.

n Any couple making out inside a vehicle, and accidentally sounding the horn during their lustful act, may be taken to jail according to a Liberty Corner, New Jersey law.

n During lunch breaks in Carlsbad, New Mexico, no couple should engage in a sexual act while parked in their vehicle, unless their car has curtains.

n In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal.

n In Cleveland, Ohio women are not allowed to wear patent-leather shoes.

n Clinton, Oklahoma, has a law against masturbating while watching two people having sex in a car.

n In Willowdale, Oregon, no man may curse while having sex with his wife.

n In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth.

n A Tremonton, Utah law states that no woman is allowed to have sex with a man while riding in an ambulance. In addition to normal charges, the woman's name will be published in the local newspaper. The man does not receive any punishment.

n In the state of Washington there is a law against having sex with a virgin under any circumstances. (including the wedding night)

n The only acceptable sexual position in Washington D.C. is the missionary-style position. Any other sexual position is considered illegal.

n In Connorsville, Wisconsin no man shall shoot of a gun while his female partner is having a sexual orgasm.

n A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

n The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

n Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.

n The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

n There is an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun.

n Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.

n The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

n When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.

n It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.

n The Bible has been translated into Klingon.

n On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

n In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined

n Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."

n The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law that stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

n An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

n The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.

n Cat's urine glows under a blacklight.

n You are more likely to be killed by a champagne cork than by a poisonous spider.

n Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than Left-handed people do.

n The flea can jump 350 times its body length, that is like a human jumping the length of a football field.

n A roach will live nine days without itsÕ head. The only reason it doesn't live longer is it's unable to eat.

n The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the males head off.

n Plain grain products lower your IQ, while whole grain products increase your IQ.

n Every 100g of Corn Flakes has 1 mg of fecal matter.

n Eating lemons make you live longer.

n Broccoli is the food with the best anti-cancer properties.

n Eating half an orange a day reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50%.

n Eating one meal of fish a week reduces your chances of getting a heart attack by 50%.

n Dogs mouths are 200 times more cleaner then human mouths.

n Rats can't vomit - that's why rat poison works.

n Jaws is the most common name for Goldfish in the U.K.

n A pregnant goldfish is called a twit.

n More people use blue toothbrushes, than red ones!

n A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!

n If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

n Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

n It takes 42 muscles in your face to frown. It only takes 4 muscles to extend your arm and smack someone upside the head.

n Those wonderful instructions on the sides of packets, tins and just about anything else you ever buy. And we've all seen them, the ones that make you wonder whether some people really are that stupid. Well here are a few prime examples of the Label Copy-writer's art.

n The label on the chain-saw warning that: You should not try to stop the blade with your hand.

n The label from the company manufacturing wing mirrors for cars and bikes warning; Remember, objects seen in the mirror are behind you.

n The label on the camera stating; To take photographs this camera must have a film in it.

n The labelling on Sainsbury's Peanuts stating; Contains nuts

n And on the subject of nuts, the instructions on the packet of Peanuts provided by an airline which states; Instructions. Open Packet. Eat Contents.

n The cigarette lighter label which warned; Do not light the flame near the face.

n The Marks and Spencer Bread and Butter pudding whose label states the classically obvious: Take care - Product will be hot after heating

n Rowenta, manufacturers of electric irons felt the need to instruct users that; Do not iron clothes whilst on the body.

n Nytol, the herbal sleeping mixture whose label proclaims; Warning may cause drowsiness.

n The American manufactured insect spray whose proud boast 'Kills all Insects' and was then labelled; Warning - this spray is harmful to bees

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