7 illogical things of our world we don't even notice

3/20/2020

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Society Story: 7 illogical things of our world we don't even notice

Many rules have exceptions. The only way to deal with them is to memorize. Sometimes we face illogical things in our everyday life and got used to them. We don't even notice these logical errors or mismatches.

We face exceptions every day. However, do we actually notice them? For example, have you ever thought why Greenland is covered with ice and Iceland is so green? Now let's see some more illogical things.

By the way, you can read more interesting facts on similar topics. Did you know that there are 7 pairs of commonly confused animals? Check here if you can tell the difference between them!

#1 Do mice really like cheese?

Society Story: Illogical things in our life — shutterstock.com

Mice are often pictured with a piece of cheese though they don't like it. If you give them some cheese they will eat it, however they'll prefer fruit or grains. You can also read about popular animal myths in our article here.

#2 When English language is harder than others

If you are not surprised, try to pass this test to find out whether you are a polyglot.

#3 Why are toy ducks always yellow?

Isn't it strange? In real life all the ducks are brown and green and rubber ducks are yellow!

Society Story: Why rubber ducks are yellow — shutterstock

#4 Did you know that German numbers are read backwards?

As for numbers, it is not very easy to switch from English to German.

Society Story: German numbers are read backwards — shutterstock

#5 Iceland is green and Greenland is covered with ice

Society Story: Why Iceland is green — shutterstock

#6 Why is there no grade "E"?

Today grading systems don't provide "E" grade. The rules were once simplified and this grade was substituted with "F" grade which means "false". Do you know the differences in school systems around the world? The most striking ones you can find here.

Society Story: Grading system marks — shutterstock

#7 Double U or double V?

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49 Comments

brewercorinth

The letter 'F' is meant for failing, not false. It would be silly to get a report card with a 'false' grade on it. Would that make any sense?

Palmer Scott

Rubber duckies are yellow because they imitate ducklings (which are yellow) not adult ducks.

Rita Lawrence Edwards Meneses

If the plural of mouse is mice, why isn't the plural of house hice? Did you read the same book that I read?

Patricia Riddle

They used E, VG and G when I was in school. E was for excellent, VG was very good and G was good.

patwander

Sixty years ago we had a grade E on our report cards.

Lbow

Mice love peanut butter. I have 8 dead ones to prove it.

horacefredrick

I had a mouse in my house and tried to trap it using cheese, now I know why it didn't work! In the end I got a cat and she worked perfectly!

Conrado De Leon

The "F" grade means FAIL, not "false".

Vimala Padmaraj

horacefredrick, READ THE COMMENT I HAVE WRITTEN ABOVE.

Vimala Padmaraj

Lbow, HERE IN CHENNAI, INDIA, I ROAST A PIECE OF COCONUT, ROAST IT OVER A FLAME, TILL EVEN I GET TEMPTED BY THE AROMA AND THEN BAIT THE RAT TRAP. THEY - THE MICE/RATS ALWAYS GET CAUGHT.

Louella Wilson

Many years ago my grandmother was angry at me for receiving a B on a report card, (which she thought stood for bad). Until my mother explained it. But, i asked her what did she think an A stood for. Answer "alright". And what about an E. Which was "excellent, she thought".

John W Shreve

Lbow, You kept them?

beckyhayob

gbluemoon, 🤣

Miguel Ángel Campos Torres

Very simple, very atonish...

Cindy Ursan

Rita Lawrence Edwards Meneses, good point! Grouse-grice…?🤓

Lynne Zeman

Carol Koch, yes. As as child in school I was told the land was green to convince people to settle there. After they spent their savings getting to "paradise" they were stuck there.

Lynne Zeman

patwander, we did too. It meant effort. Although the student did not pass, they did try.

gbluemoon

There are white ducks with orange beaks.When a ball is thrown and it keeps getting bigger Duck.

Sam

Rita Lawrence Edwards Meneses, You're right Rita. The plural of louse is also lice.....so why isn't it hice? Lol

Sam

In Spanish it's double "V" (doble V)

Conrado De Leon

The name of the letter W varies according to how it is pronopunced in a language. In American Spanish we call it Double V, yet it is pronouced as a U, in water close. But in Spain they say "v{ater". Crazy..