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no number yet Panty tree

In 2012, a male grooming product company ran an advertising campaign on ski lifts across Canada that stated, "Please Feed the Bra Tree."

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no number yet Alejandro Cao de Benós

In July 2016, Alejandro Cao de Benós founded a bar called Pyongyang Cafe in Tarragona, decorated with North Korean propaganda posters and featuring regular talks on subjects such as tourism.

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no number yet I know it when I see it

On what exactly constitutes hard-core pornography, Stewart said he perhaps could never succeed in intelligibly defining it, "But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case [Louis Malle's The Lovers] is not that."

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[1] I know it when I see it — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“As for what, exactly, constitutes hard-core pornography, Stewart said "I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description, and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it, and the motion picture involved in this case [Louis Malle's The Lovers] is not that."”
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no number yet Socialist fraternal kiss

Even after relations normalized in 1989, Chinese protocol specifically insisted on "handshake, no embrace" when greeting Soviet officials, to show relations were not returning to the pre-split level of the 1950s.

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[1] Socialist fraternal kiss — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“Even with the normalization of relations in 1989, the Chinese continued to omit the fraternal embrace when greeting Soviet officials. This was done to emphasize that Sino-Soviet relations were not returning to the pre-split level of the 1950s; Chinese protocol specifically insisted on "handshake, no embrace".”
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no number yet Division of Batman

In the Division of Batman, the ALP vote was historically stronger in the north and the Greens vote in the south, divided by Bell Street, Preston, which has been referred to as the "hipster-proof fence" or "Quinoa curtain".

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[1] Division of Batman — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“The 2PP vote has historically been stronger for the ALP in the north of the electorate, and the Greens vote stronger in the south. The north and south of the electorate are divided by Bell Street, Preston, which has been referred to as the "hipster-proof fence" or "Quinoa curtain".”
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no number yet Toy Biz, Inc. v. United States

Because duties on dolls were higher than those on toys, Toy Biz argued before the US Court of International Trade that its Marvel Comics action figures, including the X-Men and Fantastic Four, represented "nonhuman creatures".

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[1] Toy Biz, Inc. v. United States — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“Because duties on dolls were higher than those on toys, the toy company Toy Biz argued before the US Court of International Trade, that their Marvel Comics action figures (including the X-Men and Fantastic Four) represented "nonhuman creatures" and were subject to the lower tariff rates for toys instead of the higher ones for dolls.”
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[2] Cited source — wsj.com ↗ checked 15 Oct 2026
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no number yet Tanganyika groundnut scheme

After two years, the Tanganyika groundnut scheme had harvested only 2,000 tons of groundnuts, less than had been imported as seed.

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[1] Tanganyika groundnut scheme — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“After two years, only 2,000 tons of groundnuts were harvested, less than had been imported as seed, and an attempt to grow sunflowers instead proved futile as they were even more susceptible to drought.”
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no number yet Birth tourism

At least one airline in Hong Kong requests that women "observed to have a body size or shape resembling a pregnant woman" submit to a pregnancy test before they are allowed to fly to Saipan.

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no number yet Trial of the Pyx

At the Trial of the Pyx, substandard coinage can get the Master of the Mint fined, removed from office or imprisoned. The last master punished was Isaac Newton in 1696, though he later showed the mistake originated in a faulty reference.

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no number yet MikeRoweSoft.com

The MikeRoweSoft.com dispute ended with Rowe granting ownership of the domain to Microsoft in exchange for an Xbox, an all-expenses-paid trip to Redmond, Washington with his family, and additional Microsoft products and services.

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no number yet Longest Ballot Committee

Because 214 candidates registered in the 2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election in which Poilievre was running, Elections Canada decided to use a special ballot instead of the standard ballot, with a full list of candidates provided at polling stations.

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no number yet Jarvis v Swans Tours Ltd

In Jarvis v Swans Tours Ltd, the holiday's "yodeler" was a local man who came in work clothes and sang four or five songs quickly.

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no number yet 2017 Singaporean presidential election

In Singapore's 2017 presidential election, Halimah Yacob was elected in an uncontested election after she was the only candidate granted an eligibility certificate.

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no number yet Hungarian pengő

The largest Hungarian pengő banknote produced was for 100 million b.-P (100 quintillion pengő), and the note was initially worth about US$0.20.

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no number yet Barack Obama "Joker" poster

Two members of the FSU College Republicans made an Obama "Joker" poster from an Obama "Hope" poster they had bought from the school's College Democrats club, then used it to demonstrate outside a Biden event.

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[1] Barack Obama "Joker" poster — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“Two members of the FSU College Republicans created the poster from an Obama "Hope" poster they had purchased from the school's College Democrats club, and used it to demonstrate outside the Biden event.”
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no number yet Jakob Maria Mierscheid

Jakob Maria Mierscheid is a fictitious politician who has been in the German Bundestag since 11 December 1979.

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no number yet Fuddle duddle

Accused in 1971 of mouthing "fuck off" at opposition MPs in the House of Commons, Trudeau would only admit to moving his lips, and asked reporters, "What is the nature of your thoughts, gentlemen, when you say 'fuddle duddle' or something like that?"

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[1] Fuddle duddle — en.wikipedia.org ↗
“In February 1971, opposition MPs accused Trudeau of having mouthed the words "fuck off" at them in the House of Commons. When pressed by television reporters on the matter, Trudeau would only freely admit having moved his lips, answering the question, "What were you thinking, when you moved your lips?" by rhetorically asking in return "What is the nature of your thoughts, gentlemen, when you say 'fuddle duddle' or something like that? God, you guys!"”
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no number yet A moron in a hurry

The Supreme Court of Canada moved away from the "moron" analysis and adopted an "ordinary hurried purchaser", a standard between that of a "moron" and a "careful and diligent purchaser".

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no number yet Sentinelese

After a Sentinelese arrow struck a documentary director in his thigh, the man who wounded him withdrew to the shade of a tree and laughed proudly while others speared and buried the pig and the doll.

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“The Sentinelese followed up by launching another volley of arrows, one of which struck the documentary director in his thigh. The man who wounded the director withdrew to the shade of a tree and laughed proudly while others speared and buried the pig and the doll.”
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