Well, I don't probably find English as funny as you... I have a hard times with it. It's quite funny...
I study Eng at University and I found that when I need some advice about English grammar it is useless to ask a native speaker. If I ask one, he is suprised more than me:-)
Just for fun:
Why London Bridge, but THE London Library?
Why Mount Everest, but THE Mount of Olives?
Why passerS-by, but take-offS?
Why THE Times, but Newsweek?
Why Lake Baikal, but THE Pacific?
Why Cambridge, but THE Hague?
And, you see, these mysteries were just about articles... in Czech we don't have any articles
I find English really strange, but lovely