Showing posts with label Law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Law. Show all posts

Tuesday, 24 July 2012

No. 224.

Until special laws were passed, the pistols used in the shooting events at the 2012 Games were illegal in Britain.

(Source: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/07/fact-or-fiction-twentytwelve-or-2012.)

Monday, 23 July 2012

No. 223.

Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981, it is illegal in Britain to use a machine gun to kill a hedgehog.

(Source: Qikipedia Twitter feed.)

Friday, 16 March 2012

No. 84.

It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament. This legislation is in place because, should someone do so in the premises, they would be entitled to a state funeral.

(Source: BBC Radio Two Factoids Twitter feed. Verified by http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7081038.stm.)

Monday, 9 January 2012

No. 17.

The most common baby name to be accepted by New Zealand registrars in the last ten years is 'Justice'. Others rejected included Sex Fruit, Keenan Got Lucy and Yeah Detroit.