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• It is Texas law that when two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone.
  In one of those "true facts" books there was an explanation for this law....
• That road which is the sole road which leads to the greatest tourist attraction in the area can only be repaired during the busiest three weeks of the entire tourist season.
  Repairs are to be done in such a manner that the maximum amount of time is required to cover the minimum amount of distance....
• Birds have the right of way on Utah state highways.
• I suppose some of the variation between Boston drivers and the rest of the country is due to the progressive Massachusetts Driver Education Manual which I happen to have in my top desk drawer.
  Some of the Tips for Better Driving are worth considering, to wi...
• The Laws of New York City state that any person who fails to step on an insect using a public thoroughfare is liable to a $
  50 fine....
• The militia of these free commonwealths, entitled and accustomed to their arms, when compared with any possible army, must be _tremendous and irresistable_.
  Who are the militia? _are they not ourselves_. Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms _each man against his own bosom_....
• Does anybody know how to do the damnable 4x4x4 Rubik's Cube?
  can you - give me some hints? I can get two sides opposite to each other - completed, but that's it....
• When there is a very long road upon which there is a one-way bridge placed at random and there are two cars only on that road, it follows tha
  (1) the two cars are going in opposite directions and (2) they will always meet at the bridge....
• aive: adj. Untutored in the perversities of some particular program or system
  one who still tries to do things in an intuitive way, rather than the right way (in really good designs these coincide, but most designs aren't `really good' in the appropriate sense)....