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July 7th 2004, 08:21 AM
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The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that the prosecution must throw its files wide open to the defense if the accused is suffering from amnesia.

Jaguar images and costumes were outlawed by the Catholic church in the seventeenth century because of their association with Indian religion, militia, and politics.

The minimum age for marriage of Italian girls was raised by law to 12 years in 1892.

The New York Board of Education barred the whipping of children in its schools on March 4, 1908.

Japanese rules for the proper use of chopsticks are many. Improper use includes wandering the chopsticks over several foods without decision, and is called mayoibashi. The unforgivable act of licking the ends of chopsticks is called
neburibashi. Lack of chopstick etiquette is strictly taboo.

The penalty for conviction of smuggling in Bangladesh is the death penalty.

A python can swallow a rabbit whole and may eat as many as 150 mice in a 6-month period.

The House of Windsor rules England. The Netherlands is ruled by the House of Orange.

When it was opened in 1965, the Houston Astrodome was the world's largest air-conditioned room - reportedly, an 18- story building can fit inside it.

Some form of bowling is played in more than 90 countries around the world. Approximately 100 million people participate in bowling today.

A cold front travels at a speed of about 30 miles per hour - faster than the fastest person can run - and may overtake any warm front ahead of it. The resulting mix of air is called
an occluded front.

In a year's time, bees gather 80,000 tons of pollen in the United States.

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