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  2. Strange laws - Wikipedia

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    Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.

  3. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    Joule's laws are heat laws related to electricity and to gasses, named for James Prescott Joule. Joy's law in management: the principle that "no matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else", attributed to Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy. Kepler's laws of planetary motion describe the motion of the planets around ...

  4. 41 Weird Laws From Around the World - AOL

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    It may be 2021, but some of the antiquated and downright bizarre laws that remain in place around the world (or that have recently been enacted) would make you think otherwise. From bans on what ...

  5. Strange laws in Nevada, including ones preventing state ... - AOL

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    Weird Laws In Massachusetts Including A $20 Fine, Possible Jail Time For Frightening A Pigeon. Nevada is home to many pawn shops, with plenty of rules and regulations regarding sales.

  6. Strange laws in New Mexico, including trouble for ... - AOL

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    Weird Laws In Maryland, Including A $5-$500 Fine For Manufacturing, Trading Or Selling A ‘Stench Bomb’ In New Mexico, some of the strangest laws include the playing of the national anthem as ...

  7. Odd Oregon laws that may surprise you, such as one that ... - AOL

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    Weird Laws In Massachusetts Including A $20 Fine, Possible Jail Time For Frightening A Pigeon. Attempting "to reveal or analyze past incidents or events," "to analyze or define the character or ...

  8. List of misnamed theorems - Wikipedia

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    It includes theorems (and lemmas, corollaries, conjectures, laws, and perhaps even the odd object) that are well known in mathematics, but which are not named for the originator. That is, these items on this list illustrate Stigler's law of eponymy (which is not, of course, due to Stephen Stigler , who credits Robert K Merton ).

  9. Happy birthday Ohio! Here are 10 weird Ohio laws, from ...

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    Here are 10 weird Ohio laws you might have heard about, some from decades ago and some from as recently as 2023. 1. If your dangerous animal escapes, you have to report it to the authorities ...