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A lot of purportedly strange laws within European Union law do not actually exist, or are wildly exaggerated; these are referred to as Euromyths. Misrepresented Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2257/94 , sometimes referred to in the media as the 'bendy banana law': the alleged ban on curved bananas is a long-standing, famous, and stereotypical ...
The Asimov corollary to Parkinson's law: In ten hours a day you have time to fall twice as far behind your commitments as in five hours a day. Atwood's law: Any software that can be written in JavaScript will eventually be written in JavaScript. Augustine's laws on air force management. 52 humorous laws formulated by Norman R. Augustine.
Weird laws in Maryland, including $5-$500 fine for manufacturing, trading or selling 'stench bomb' Maryland is known for its popular tourist destinations, like stops along the Chesapeake Bay and ...
This is a list of examples of Jim Crow laws, which were state, territorial, and local laws in the United States enacted between 1877 and 1965. Jim Crow laws existed throughout the United States and originated from the Black Codes that were passed from 1865 to 1866 and from before the American Civil War.
Those who break the proposed law would face a second-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to 60 days in jail. Florida Legislature passes 'no-go' zone around first responders despite transparency ...
In May 2023, Florida passed HB 1069, which expanded the complete ban in statute to pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. [81] [82] These laws have led to school districts across the state removing books with LGBTQ content. [83]
The Laws of Life: Halliday Sutherland: 1935 Non-fiction Banned in the Irish Free State for discussing sex education and Calendar-based contraceptive methods – even though The Laws of Life had been granted a Cum permissu superiorum endorsement by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster. [170] Honourable Estate: Vera Brittain: 1936 Novel
1863 painting of a man reading the Emancipation Proclamation.. Educators and slaves in the South found ways to both circumvent and challenge the law. John Berry Meachum, for example, moved his school out of St. Louis, Missouri when that state passed an anti-literacy law in 1847, and re-established it as the Floating Freedom School on a steamship on the Mississippi River, which was beyond the ...