Nothing is more manly than a head full of useless information. It’s used to break the silence in an awkward first date with that stripper you convinced that you were hung like Brooks with the wealth of a petrol pissing pixie. It can be used to spark lively and entertaining man conversation down the pub, and if you have a website dedicated to all things manly you’ll forever be revered as a genius when you publish them and share your manly knowledge and women will want you to touch them in their underwear regions. Probably.
Some true facts about law from around the world:
It’s against the law to leave your house in Thailand if you’re not wearing underwear.
The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have a bomb shelter or access to a bomb shelter.
Until 1967, LSD was legal in California.
It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
The triangular shape that Toblerone chocolates are packaged in, is protected by law.
A surfer in California once sued another surfer for “stealing his wave.” The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on “pain and suffering” endured by the surfer watching someone else ride “his” wave.
A 27 year old heir to a sausage empire was handed a ticket for €130,000 for driving at 80 km/hr in a 40 km/hr zone. This is because the speeding tickets in Finland are based on how much money a person makes.
In Quebec, Canada, an old law states that margarine must be a different colour than butter.
The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an axe murderer from New York on August 6, 1890.
In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath.
Some facts about laws from around the world that we wish were true:
In 1933 in Leitrim homosexuality among sheep was made illegal. This might explain why it feels even dirtier when you do it.
It is against the law in Uraguay to use the joke “ur a gay”. It’s actually illegal everywhere as it’s a really bad and juvenile joke. Tee hee, ur a gay.
In an ancient country a man once planted bird seeds and grew a big giant fuck off turkey that took over the land and ruled with an iron wing. The country was called Sardine before but the giant bird was so mad and eccentric that he demanded it be called after himself. So understandibly it’s not illegal to grow birds from bird seed in Turkey, and also if you ask them about it, they’ll act like they’ve never heard of it. The practice of growing birds was brought back to life by Sesame Street. That’s not a dude in a suit, and don’t even get us started on Elmo.





















