26Ping Pong Hand Rule
The official rules of Ping Pong allow the ball to touch your paddle hand, which includes all fingers and the hand area below the wrist. Players though cannot touch the ball with a non-paddle hand for any reason.
27. In 2004, a customer in Las Vegas walked into an In-N-Out and ordered a 100x100. That's 100 beef patties and 100 slices of cheese, which the restaurant obliged as until then they accommodated orders of any size at extra cost. Since then In-N-Out changed its rules and capped the burger at 4x4.
28. Stephen Colbert's father and two older brothers died in a plane crash because the cockpit crew became distracted from talking while landing the plane. A few years later, the FAA created the 'Sterile Cockpit Rule,' prohibiting staff from engaging in non-essential conversation once below 10,000 ft.
29. If the ancient Persians decided on something while drunk, they had the rule to reconsider it when sober and if they made a decision sober, they would reconsider it while drunk.
30. In 1475, when Queen Isabella unified Spain and sent Christopher Columbus to discover America, a new piece in Chess was introduced. This piece named the queen could move only one square at a time, like the King. It wasn’t until 1495, when Isabella became the most powerful woman in Europe, that new rules in chess were established, in which the queen was given the power to moves in all directions on the board.
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31Rules Of Monopoly
The rules of Monopoly clearly state that if a player lands on a property and doesn't buy it, it immediately goes up for auction to the highest bidder.
32. North Korea has its own basketball rules. Slam dunks there are worth three points, field goals in the final three minutes of the game are worth eight points, three-pointers are worth four if the ball doesn't touch the rim, and a point is deducted for missed free throws.
33. Greenland cannot join FIFA because not enough grass can be grown there to have an official field.
34. When Golf was introduced in India by the British during their colonial rule, they were angered by monkeys running onto the course and misplacing their balls. When all attempts to stop the monkeys failed, they decided the game needed to adapt. To do so, they introduced a new rule: "Play the ball where the monkey drops it."
35. The French Bread Law of 1993 outlines specific rules for the sale of bread in France. The rules specify that baguettes cannot be frozen before the sale and must be made fresh with no additives. It even specifies a maximum pH level and bacteria counts for sourdough starters.
