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.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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In France, by law a bakery has to make all the bread it sells from scratch in order to have the right to be called a bakery.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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