Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
11
In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
4
In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
257
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
217
In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
4
The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name – the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
12
Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
0
In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
469