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no number yet Perry Mason moment

A Nebraska defense lawyer specializing in drunken-driving cases won an acquittal after the prosecution's expert witness on the police breath-testing machine told him under cross-examination, "you know that machine better than I do."

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no number yet 2018 Makassar mayoral election

In the 2018 Makassar mayoral election, Arifuddin ran as a single candidate and still lost the vote to an empty ballot, forcing the election to be repeated in 2020.

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no number yet Bank of England £100,000,000 note

The Bank of England £100,000,000 banknote, also referred to as Titan, is a non-circulating banknote with the same dimensions as an A4 sheet of paper.

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[1] Bank of England £100,000,000 note — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“The Bank of England £100,000,000 banknote, also referred to as Titan, is a non-circulating Bank of England sterling banknote used to back the value of Scottish and Northern Irish banknotes. It has the same dimensions as an A4 sheet of paper.”
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no number yet Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar note

The Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar note had a face value of $100 trillion, which was equal to 40 US cents in 2015.

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no number yet Polish Beer-Lovers' Party

Soon after the election, the Polish Beer-Lovers' Party split into Big Beer and Little Beer factions, despite Rewiński's claims that "beer is neither light nor dark, it is tasty."

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no number yet Easter Act 1928

The UK Parliament passed the Easter Act 1928 to fix Easter Sunday between 9 April and 15 April, but the act has never come into force.

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[1] Easter Act 1928 — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“The Easter Act 1928 (18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 35) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed and enacted in 1928 concerning the date for Easter that has never come into force. The effect would be to establish Easter Sunday as the Sunday following the second Saturday in April, resulting in Easter Sunday being between 9 April and 15 April, instead of following the established date for Easter as a moveable feast.”
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no number yet United Airlines Flight 976

On United Airlines Flight 976, the crew sprayed Karl Lagerfeld perfume throughout the aisles of the plane to further mask the smell of feces, and food service was canceled due to the unhygienic conditions.

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no number yet Dead cat bounce

In finance, a small, brief recovery in the price of a declining asset is called a "dead cat bounce", from the idea that "even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height".

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no number yet Rai stones

A large rai stone was accidentally dropped and sank to the sea floor; although it was never seen again, everyone agreed it must still be there, so it continued to be transacted as any other stone.

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no number yet 1980 Turkish presidential election

The 1980 Turkish presidential election had 115 unsuccessful rounds until 12 September 1980, when the election ended with a coup d'état.

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no number yet Prohibition of dying

In 2005 the mayor of Biritiba-Mirim filed a bill to make it illegal for the town's people to die, intending to target relatives of people who die with fines and even jail if necessary to get more space for tombstones.

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[1] Prohibition of dying — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“The mayor of Biritiba-Mirim filed a public bill in 2005, to make it illegal for the people living in the town to die. Although no specific punishments have been presented, the mayor intends to target relatives of people who die with fines and even jail if necessary to get more space for tombstones.”
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no number yet Gaysper

Vox urged voters with "Let the battle begin!" and a photomontage of Aragorn facing a crowd of orcs replaced with symbols contrary to the party's ideology, among them a ghost emoji with the colors of the LGBT flag.

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[1] Gaysper — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“The same day, the populist right-wing party Vox shared a controversial tweet in which it invited its voters to vote through the claim "Let the battle begin!". The message was accompanied by a photomontage of a scene from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King depicting Aragorn facing a crowd of orcs, whose figure had been modified and replaced with symbols contrary to the party's ideology: the feminist symbol, the hammer and sickle, the flag of the Second Spanish Republic and the Catalan independence estelada, several logos of media outlets such as El País or Cadena SER, the symbol of the raised fist, the symbol of the anti-fascist movement and, among them, a modified version of the ghost emoji (👻) of the Android 5.0 version with the colors of the LGBT flag.”
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no number yet Simeon II

As of 2026, Simeon II and the 14th Dalai Lama are the only two people alive who were heads of state during World War II; both were symbolic monarchs in regent-led governments.

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[1] Simeon II — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“As of 2026, Simeon and the 14th Dalai Lama are the only two people alive who were heads of state during World War II; both were symbolic monarchs in regent-led governments.”
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no number yet Candy Desk

Hershey shipped roughly 100 pounds of chocolate and other candy four times a year for Santorum to fill the U.S. Senate's Candy Desk, and stopped supplying the desk when Santorum failed to get re-elected in 2006.

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no number yet Norway Debate

During the Norway Debate, Hoare struggled to cope with questions about the air force, at one point failing to realise the difference between the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm.

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[1] Norway Debate — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“Hoare followed Chamberlain and struggled to cope with many of the questions being fired at him about the air force, at one point failing to realise the difference between the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm.”
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no number yet Batman v. Commissioner

Batman v. Commissioner has not been cited in many later tax cases, but its unintentionally humorous title, suggesting a lawsuit between Batman and Commissioner Gordon from the DC Comics franchise, has earned it some notoriety in legal circles.

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no number yet Steve Comisar

As a young man, Steve Comisar marketed a "solar powered clothes dryer" in national magazines for $49.95. Buyers received a length of clothesline.

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no number yet Brand blunder

In 2008, Ikea released a brown rug called Hoven, which in Czech means "shits"; when the original Hoven version was discounted, a sign announced "shits on sale."

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[1] Brand blunder — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“Also in 2008, Ikea released a brown rug called Hoven, which in Czech means "shits." It was later renamed and the original Hoven version was discounted, resulting in a sign announcing "shits on sale."”
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no number yet Keron Thomas

On May 8, 1993, sixteen-year-old Keron Thomas posed as New York City Subway motorman "Regoberto Sabio" and operated an A train in revenue service for over three hours.

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no number yet Executive Order 14168

A Snopes analysis points out that because Executive Order 14168 does not define what "belonging to" a sex means, the order could be interpreted as either all persons belong to no sex, or all persons belong to both sexes.

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[1] Executive Order 14168 — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“Instead, the Snopes analysis points out that since the executive order does not define what "belonging [...] to" means in terms of determining a person's sex, the order could be interpreted as either all persons belong to no sex, or alternatively, all persons belong to both sexes.”
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