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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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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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In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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