Funny Laws From Around the World

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United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland it is considered treason to stick upside down a postage stamp depicting a queen or king. And if you decide to pay a visit to the parliament building, do not waste time looking for knightly armor, you will still not be allowed into them. A fine of £ 100 is also threatening if you shout “Taxi!” Even if you really need to use their services. But in London they decided that this was not enough and adopted a ban for citizens to impersonate “a pensioner living in Chelsea,” as well as beat their wives after 9 p.m., “because screams can interfere with the citizens’ rest.”

15 Photos of Animals Strikingly Similar to the Stars

The world of people and animals has been closely connected by invisible threads for many centuries. Among amusing animals it is surprisingly often possible to meet familiar facial features of some world celebrities. Perhaps this is due to the popularity of celebrity, because it is their faces that we see every day on TV screens and pages of glossy magazines. But, from here it is easy to conclude that if you look closely, everyone can find a double in the animal world!

Dogs That are Very Offended

Dogs are very emotional animals, and can be offended (or pretend) on a level with a person. Just look at these offended dogs, what a range of emotions they can give out!

Al Capone`s Prison

The world's first correctional prison in Philadelphia, with the full name of Eastern State Penitentiary, first received a prisoner in 1829. For more than 100 years of work, a lot of villains and criminals were there, one of which was the well-known mafia boss Al Capone. How was this place different from other prisons and what does it look like now? More on this later ...

10 Most Dangerous Snakes in the World

Probably, every person who possesses even the most standard fearlessness experiences a kind of excitement at the sight of their ... snakes. Of course, these animals are very beautiful, intelligent and in complete safety will not attack a person, but for some reason this does not soften the fear in the eyes of an ordinary person at the sight of a huge python. Some of the snakes can cause death with one bite, while others are less poisonous. However, this does not negate the fact that a quarter of these reptiles are, in one way or another, dangerous to humans. We show the most "terrible" of possible snakes in this list ...

How Winter Turns Cars Into Works of Art

Sometimes nature surprises people with its landscapes. In this case, cars served as a canvas for the masterpieces. A selection of photos with unusual frosty patterns on cars.

History of the Names of Famous Car Brands

Have you ever wondered why the brand of your car is called exactly what it is called? Of course, many automakers adopted the name of their founders, but there are also those whose history has a more complicated history ...

Funny Shots of the Uneasy Relationship Between Cats and Dogs

You probably know pictures from the Internet, which show the true friendship between pets and their devoted love for each other. It is so dear to look at such shots that the heart is squeezed by the sugary sweetness. But, as you probably already guessed, reality sometimes looks a little different and not all furry members of the same family get along as peacefully and amicably. Often their uneasy relationship gives a lot of trouble to their owners, but one cannot argue with the fact that their internecine showdown always looks very comical!

10 Erroneous Facts About Animals

Some knowledge about animals was passed on to us by word of mouth, some we learned at the school desk, and some we learned from the media. But is all our knowledge true? We picked up 10 erroneous facts about animals that you might not have guessed about ..

Age is Not a Hindrance: 10 Examples of Stylish Old Women

We live in an amazing time when not only young girls of 20-30 years old can be fashionable, but also elderly ladies, whom even the language does not dare to call "grandmothers". At the age of 60, they bloom with renewed vigor and, despite the graying curls, are not going to close at home and crochet, but quite the opposite - they live in a way that sometimes even young youth themselves do not live.

The Richest Animals in the World

The richest people in the world sometimes find themselves so attached to their pets that they are not ready to abandon their future lives even after their own death, leaving them an inheritance in the form of gold and mansions. Actually, in this way the list of the richest animals in the world was formed ...