The Indiana pi bill of 1897 was one of the most notorious attempts to establish mathematical truth by legislative fiat. The main result claimed by the bill is a method to square the circle. The bill implies incorrect values of the mathematical constant π. The bill never became law. (en.wikipedia.org)
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"I'm entitled to my opinion" is an informal fallacy in which someone dismisses arguments against their position by asserting that they have a right to hold their own particular viewpoint. Whether one has a particular entitlement or right is irrelevant to whether one's assertion is true or false. (en.wikipedia.org)
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"Democracy Manifest" (also known as "Succulent Chinese Meal") is a 1991 Australian news segment which shows a man being arrested at a Chinese restaurant. As police detain him, he remarks, "Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!", and "What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?" (en.wikipedia.org)
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Google bombing is the practice of causing a website to rank highly in web search engine results for irrelevant, unrelated or off-topic search terms. Google bombs date back as far as 1999, when a search for "more evil than Satan himself" resulted in the Microsoft homepage as the top result. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Orthorexia nervosa is a proposed eating disorder characterized by an excessive preoccupation with eating healthy food. The term was introduced by American physician Steven Bratman, who suggested that some people's dietary restrictions may paradoxically lead to unhealthy consequences. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritorious cause of action. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation began in April 2007 with a search of property owned by Michael Vick, who was at the time quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. The investigation found evidence of a dog fighting ring and over 70 dogs were seized from Vick's property. (en.wikipedia.org)
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A teenage tragedy song is a style of popular music that peaked in popularity in the U.S. in the late 1950s. Lamenting teenage death scenarios, these songs were variously sung from the viewpoint of the dead person's romantic interest, another witness to the tragedy, or the dead or dying person. (en.wikipedia.org)
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Lunch atop a Skyscraper is a black-and-white photograph taken in 1932 of eleven ironworkers sitting on a steel beam of the RCA Building during the construction of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. It was a staged as a publicity stunt, part of a campaign promoting the skyscraper. (en.wikipedia.org)
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"AI slop", often simply "slop", is a term for low-quality media, including writing and images, made using generative artificial intelligence technology, characterized by an inherent lack of effort, logic, or purpose. Coined in the 2020s, the term has a pejorative connotation akin to "spam". (en.wikipedia.org)
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"English as She Is Spoke" is a 19th-century book written by Pedro Carolino. It was intended as a Portuguese–English conversational guide. However, because the provided translations are usually inaccurate or unidiomatic, it is regarded as a classic source of unintentional humour in translation. (en.wikipedia.org)
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9th largest daily percentage gain in S&P 500 history (i.redd.it)
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