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facts about Penguins
* Penguins are birds.
*There are seventeen different kinds of penguins.
*All penguins live in the southern half of the world.
*Many penguins are not afraid of people.
* Not all penguins build nests.
*"Penguins can be sneaky. If they don't have enough pebbles to build their nest, they take from their neighbors' nests."
*Each penguin has a special pattern in its feathers.
*Penguins come in different sizes.
*The Emperor is the biggest penguin.
*The Little Penguin is the smallest penguin.
*Each penguin has its own song.
*To get around on land, penguins waddle, hop, or run.
*To get around on snow or sand, a penguin can glide on its belly.
*Some penguins take turns watching the egg. The male Emperor penguin holds the egg on his feet while the mother looks for food.
*Long ago, sailors thought penguins were fish with feet!
*Penguins help each other to stay warm. They gather together and keep shuffling around. That way, each penguin can make its way to the warm center.
facts about the law
- Drunk drivers in Taiwan can choose their penalty?
- You are not allowed to eat ice cream while standing on the sidewalk in Carmel?
- In San Francisco it is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear?
- A person classified as "ugly" in San Francisco may not walk down any street?
- In Blythe, California you are not allowed to wear cowboy boots unless you own at least two cows?
- In France there was once a law against selling dolls without human faces?
- In Denver Colorado, it is illegal to lend your vacuum cleaner to your neighbors?
- It is illegal to pump your own gas in New Jersey?
- Al Capone was inmate No.85 in Alcatraz?
- The first Arabic country to have women police officers was Oman?
- It is illegal to import alcohol into the Maldives?
- It's illegal to skateboard without a license in Florida?
- In Quebec, Canada, it's illegal to make yellow margarine. It has to be white?
- In Alberta, Canada, it's illegal to publicly remove bandages?
- Bubblegum is forbidden in Singapore?
- Between 1979 and 1988 chess was banned in Iran?
- Alcatraz is named after a Spanish word meaning pelican?
- Pirates almost never had their prisoners walk the plank?
- To kiss in public was a crime in Naples in 1562?
- Topless saleswomen are legal in Liverpool, England, if they work in a tropical fish store?
- The average criminal sentence length in Colombia is 137 years?
- Until the 1960's men with long hair were not allowed to enter Disneyland?
- It is forbidden for aircraft to fly over the Taj Mahal, India?
- In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person?
- You can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt, at least in theory?
- Donald Duck comics were once banned from Finland because Donald doesn't wear pants?
- It's against the law to sneeze or burp in a church in Nebraska, USA?
- Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer?
- In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage?
- Saudi diplomats are said to have 367 outstanding parking fines in Britain?
- About 65 percent of US prison inmates are tattooed?
- In Switzerland, it's was once against the law to slam your car door?
- A law in Fairbanks, Alaska does not allow moose to have sex on city streets?
- In Scotland, children as young as 8 can be guilty of crimes?
- It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona?
- It is illegal to sleep within vehicles in the City of Aspen in USA?
- On average, each day about 20 banks are robbed in the world?
- Swimming during the day was illegal in New South Wales from 1833 until 1903?
- Talking on a cellular phone while driving is against the law in Israel?
- Did you know that the LAPD had the very first policewoman?
- Members of the armed forces and the police are not allowed to vote in the Dominican Republic?
- It was for some time illegal to sell ET dolls in France?
- 0.7% of Americans are currently in prison?
- In September 2004, a Minnesota state trooper issued a speeding ticket to a motorcyclist who was clocked at 205 mph?
- Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have their own bomb shelter or access to a bomb shelter?
- In Maine it is illegal to catch a lobster with your bare hands?
- Two-thirds of the world's kidnappings occur in Colombia?
- You're 66 times more likely to be prosecuted in the USA as in France?
- In Quitman, Georgia it is against the law for a chicken to cross the road?
- It is illegal to get fish drunk in Oklahoma?
- It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia?
- In Iceland, it was once against the law to have a pet dog?
- America puts many more of its citizens in prison than any other nation?
- More than 2,500 left-handed people are killed each year from using products that are made for right-handed people?
- Duelling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors?
- A Kentucky law specifies that if you come "face-to-face" with a cow on the road you must remove your hat?
- Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China?
- It's against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland?
- Swimming during the day was illegal in New South Wales from 1833 until 1903?
- In Nevada sex without a condom is considered illegal?
- In Alaska, it is legal to shoot bears. Waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photo is a crime?
- A person's chances of being mugged in London are much higher than in New York City?
- Around 1 in 3 persons in Australia is a victim of crime?
- 715 of every 100 000 people in America are imprisoned?
- In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch a mice without a hunting license?
- Federal law forbids recycling used eyeglasses in the United States?
- In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime punishable by death?
- In Florida it's illegal to wear swimwear while singing in a public place?
- A Los Angeles man who later said he was "tired of walking" stole a steamroller and led police on a 5 mph chase until an officer stepped aboard the vehicle and stopped him?
- When two service station attendants in Ionia, Michigan, refused to hand over the cash to an intoxicated robber, the man threatened to call the police. They still refused, so the robber called the police and was arrested?
- Former enemies, Americans and Russians, now have a great deal in common. They both lead the world in locking people up?
- In Alabama it's against the law to play dominoes on Sunday?

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