7 states have a ban on alcohol sales on Sundays. 8 states have a ban on car sales on Sunday

1. Blue law is a type of law designed to enforce religious standards, particularly the observance of Sunday as a day of worship or rest, by enforcing restriction on Sunday shopping. One common blue law is the prohibition on the sale of alcohol on Sundays in the following 7 states (Note: usually these laws have many "exceptions" and alcohol can still be bought/consumed on Sunday under specific circumstances)
1. Arkansas
2. Georgia
3. Indiana
4. Minnesota
5. Mississippi
6. New York (Law requires liquor stores to be closed at least one day a week)
7. Oklahoma
(Some of these states, and others not banning alcohol sales on Sundays, ban alcohol sales on some or all of the following holidays: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Finally, some of these states, and others not listed above, ban car sales on Sunday)

Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic association of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner

1. Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic association of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner.
2. "Freddy Fungus took a lichen to Alice Algae and now their marriage is on the rocks."

Sky burial is a funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is cut in specific locations and placed on a mountaintop

1. Sky burial is a funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is cut in specific locations and placed on a mountaintop, where it is often eaten by birds of prey like vultures.

A Moscow Mule is a drink made with vodka, ginger beer, and lime which was popular in the United States during the 1950s

1. A Moscow Mule is a drink made with vodka, ginger beer, and lime which was popular in the United States during the 1950s. It is traditionally served in copper cups.

Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck published in 1937

1. Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck published in 1937. Steinbeck's stories loosly mirror his life experiences. In Mice and Men the story reflects his own experiences as a bindlestiff in the 1920s before the arrival of the Okies. Steinbeck would vividly describe the Okies in his later novel The Grapes of Wrath.

"bootsie" is a slang term for lame, boring, or undesirable

1. "bootsie" is a slang term that means something lame, boring, or undesirable.

A cantilever is a beam supported on only one end.

1. A cantilever is a beam supported on only one end. A simple example is a horizontally mounted flag-pole.

Mexico's Independence Day occurs on September 16th

1. Cinco de Mayo is a holiday to commemorate the Mexican army's victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
2. Mexico's Independence Day occurs on September 16th.

There is a scientific difference between Absoprtion and Adsorption

1. There is a scientific difference between Absoprtion and Adsorption
-Absorption: The incorporation of a substance in one state into another of a different state
e.g., liquids being absorbed by a solid. In other words, sponge soaking up water.
-Adsorption is the physical adherence or bonding of ions and molecules onto the surface of another phase
e.g., reagents adsorbed to solid catalyst surface. Protein binding to an ELISA plate.

The Japanese sandals are called Geta

1. The Japanese sandals are called Geta.

The four letters on the Dreidel (Nun, Gimel, Hei, Shin) are an acronym for the phrase "Nes Gadol Hayah Sham" (A great miracle happened there)

1. Each side of the dreidel bears a letter of the Hebrew alphabet: נ (Nun), ג (Gimel), ה (Hei), or ש (Shin). The are an acronym for the phrase "נס גדול היה שם" (Nes Gadol Hayah Sham – "a great miracle happened there" referring to the miracle of Hanukkah).
The letters of Dreidel also form a mnemonic for the rules of a gambling game played with the dreidel: Nun stands for the Yiddish word nisht ("nothing"), Hei stands for halb ("half"), Gimel for gants ("all"), and Shin for shtel arayn ("put in").