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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laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law).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.
This list of eponymous laws provides links to articles on laws, principles, adages, and other succinct observations or predictions named after a person. In some cases the person named has coined the law – such as Parkinson's law .
Each entry on this list should be an article on its own (not merely a section in a less unusual article) and of decent quality, and in large meeting Wikipedia's manual of style. For unusual contributions that are of greater levity, see Wikipedia:Silly Things. In this list, a star indicates a featured article. A plus indicates a good article.
This is a list of "laws" applied to various disciplines. These are often adages or predictions with the appellation 'Law', although they do not apply in the legal sense, cannot be scientifically tested, or are intended only as rough descriptions (rather than applying in each case). These 'laws' are sometimes called rules of thumb.
Laws against password sharing are older than you think, but have always been this unpopular. Keron Thomas In 1993, aged sixteen, he posed as a motorman on the New York City Subway and managed to operate a scheduled passenger train for over three hours.
Pages in category "Lists of things considered unusual" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Pretending to be stupid - I'd put it in bold, but I'm too dumb. Prime Number Shitting Bear - A Javascript web animation showing a cartoon bear producing prime numbers from its anus . Emile Ratelband - A dutch TV personality that became world famous for a legaly trying to change his birthdate.