Imagine a scenario where an educator, whether a teacher or a school principal, knowingly commits a crime. Should they be punished more severely than regular Joe? On one hand, you could argue that teachers should show impeccable morals to help young students grow up right. On the other, everyone should be equal in the eyes …
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Even among the rowdy crowd of rock stars, punk rockers are famed for outrageous stunts. Ever since the days of Sex Pistols, punks have built a (sometimes undeserved) reputation for irreverence, violence, and heavy substance consumption. We’re saying this because even against this backdrop, this punk singer’s actions are really low. Nashville, Tennessee-based hardcore punk …
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Usually, when things end up in people’s behinds, they try to act like they have no idea how it happened. Take, for example, the man who “slipped and fell” on a WWII-era artillery shell. The fellow from our story, however, had no qualms whatsoever about sticking stuff where the sun don’t shine. Police in Texas …
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There’s a global competition among criminals to find who can commit the most outlandish crime. There has to be, looking at the bizarre thefts that keep popping up all around the world. At the end of last year, we brought you the story of the Florida woman whose driveway was stolen. Then, just last week, …
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If it’s not nailed down, somebody will try and steal it. From gallons of bull semen to a home’s driveway, it seems enterprising criminals will pilfer anything, no matter how big. Yet, this latest case really pushes the limits of what’s feasible to steal. When we first learned about it, we figured there must be …
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Ah, the world-famous Las Vegas Strip, with its lights, colors, casinos, and everything else luxurious and decadent! When visiting Vegas, especially for the first time, it’s hard to not stop to snap photos every few steps. A new law passed by the Sin City should make it much easier to keep moving your feet, though. …
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There’s nothing wrong with mild body modification — you know, a piercing here or a tattoo there. But as with so many other things, it can go much too far. Three U.K. men were recently handed prison sentences in a gruesome case concerning a subculture revolving around extreme self-mutilation. A fair warning: this story contains …
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Have you caught any of the last few articles about the odd laws in each state? This will be the last of them! Maine Maine has a no dancing policy in establishments that sell liquor, unless the establishment has been issued a “special amusement permit.” Oklahoma This state doesn’t want any eavesdropping happening. According to …
Here are more of the weirdest law of each state. Which weird law do you think has been to most strange so far? Virginia In the state of Virginia, it’s not legal to hunt on Sundays, that is, unless you’re hunting raccoons. The law states that you cannot “hunt or kill any wild bird or …
Have you read the most odd law about your state yet? Here are more of the weirdest laws of states. Massachusetts In this state, you better sing the national anthem correctly. The law reads that if a person “plays, sings or renders the ”Star Spangled Banner” in any public place, theater, motion picture hall, restaurant …