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| | Facts | - A 27 year old heir to a sausage empire was handed a ticket for 116,000 pounds for driving at 80 km/hr in a 40 km/hr zone. This is because the speeding tickets in Finland are based on how much money a person makes.
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(Added: Thu Jan 12 2006) - David Rice Atchinson was President of the United States for exactly one day. This happened due to a glitch in American law at the time.
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(Added: Sun Jan 22 2006) - The first person to die in the electric chair was William Kemmler, an ax murderer from New York on August 6, 1890.
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(Added: Wed Jan 25 2006) - A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The majority of burglaries occur during the daytime when people are not home.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - A surfer once sued another surfer for "stealing his wave." The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on "pain and suffering" endured by the surfer watching someone else ride "his" wave.
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(Added: Thu Sep 21 2006) - The triangular shape that Toblerone chocolates are packaged in, is protected by law.
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