In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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