Here is a great image that should help you understand some of the differences between American English and British English.

If you can think of any more add them in the comments box below.

The Beetham Tower (Manchester, UK)

The first one is the Beetham Tower which is the tallest building in Manchester, it stands 47-stories tall. What makes this building weird is the that the upper part of the Beetham tower protrudes slightly out to one side.

Stone House (Fafe Mountains, Portugal)

The Stone House is one of the most famous strange houses on the Net. and I am pretty sure you can see why. The house has been made from two huge boulders linked together with cement.

Rumor has it that this house was inspired by the Flintstones cartoon, but luckily the theme has not been taken to any extremes, considering the use of windows and (hopefully) modern toilets.

Kubuswoningen (Rotterdam/Helmon, The Netherlands)

Next up is the Kubuswoningen which means Cube Houses, now a cube house would usually by quite normally but what makes these houses odd is the fact that have been built tilted at a 45 degree angle and then placed on top of pylons.

The cube houses were designed by architect, Piet Blom in 1984. There are 40 cubes in total, all connected, and yeah, people do live in them. Each Cube House contain a kitchen, living room, two bedroom, a bathroom and even space for a small garden, all on about 75 square meters.

The Wooden Mansion of Insanity (Arkhangelsk, Siberia)

This not the actual name of this house, but it seems appropriate for this 13-story mansion made entirely out of scrap wood. The owner and builder of this strange Addams family style house is Nikolai Sutyagin and is still standing today, surprisingly!

The Sutyagin house may well be the tallest wooden house in the world.

Krzywy Domek (Sopot, Poland)

The last one is the “Krzywy Domek” which is Polish for “Crooked House” This bizarre building is actually a sophisticated Polish tourist attraction, it contains a few stores, a restaurant and a slot-machine establishment.

So thats it, our list of some of the strangest buildings from around the world.

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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled ‘Gentlemen only…Ladies Forbidden’.. .and thus, the word GOLF entered Into the English language.

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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma
Flintstone.

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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. treasury.

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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

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Coca-Cola was originally green.

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.

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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:

Alaska

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The percentage of africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this…)

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The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:

$ 16,400

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The average number of people airborne over the U.S. In any given hour:

61,000

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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair..

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The first novel ever written on a typewriter,

Tom Sawyer.

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The San Francisco cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades – King David

Hearts – Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander The Great

Diamonds – Julius Caesar

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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has
Both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

If the horse has
One front leg in the air, the person died because of wounds received in battle.

If the horse has
All four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes

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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, John Hancock
And Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but
The last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.

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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace

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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
Requested?

A. Obsession

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Q… If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you
would find the letter ‘A’?

A. One Thousand

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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser
printers have in common?

A. All were invented by women.

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Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil?

A. Honey

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Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?

A. Father’s Day

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In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase…’Goodnight , sleep tight’

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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the
wedding, the bride’s father would supply his son-in-law with
all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because
their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the
honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts… So in old England , when
customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them ‘Mind
your pints and quarts, and settle down.’

It’s where we get the phrase ‘mind your P’s and Q’s’

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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or
handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. ‘Wet your whistle’ is the phrase inspired by this practice.

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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their
elbow!

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Don’t delete this just because it looks weird.. Believe it or not, you can read it.

I cdnuolt blveiee
taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at
Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the
first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a
taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This
is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2010 when…

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they
don’t have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is
home to help you carry in the groceries….

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t even have the first
20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic
and you turn around to go and get it

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your
coffee

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12 You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this
message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a #9 on this
list

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FINALLY~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

NOW U R LAUGHING at
yourself.

Show this to your friends, you know you want to and go lick your elbow too.

Joana was inspired by the high-heel shoes worn by Marylin Monroe in the infamous clip from “The Seven Year Itch”, when the blond bombshell walks over an air-vent.

The 13ft stainless steel shoes called “Marylin” will be auctioned off at Christie’s, in London and they are expected to sell for a sum between $155,000 and $233,550.

A group of young environmental activists in Bolivia have built a house using recycled bottles.

The group filled 25,000 plastic bottles with sand to build the walls and once stacked, the bottles were reinforced with steel and cement.

The first of the “bottle houses” was completed in Warnes, an impoverished town in the eastern province of Santa Cruz. The enthusiastic group plans to build ten more houses and turn the place into a tourist attraction to educate people about recycling products and the environmental issues.