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* Broadcaster [[Keith Olbermann]] "barely graduated" from Cornell after realising that he needed to take 28 credits in his last semester. The university authorities assumed there was a rule against this - there wasn't, but he was the first person mad enough to try it.

{{quote|''(waiting to hear if he graduated)'' Did you know you can sweat from your eyelids?}}

* In 2020 the Philippine government through the National Telecommunications Commission ordered [[ABS-CBN]] to shut down its broadcast operations, a draconian and underhanded move (especially considering the state of affairs during the [[COVID-19 ~~Pandemic~~]]) suspected to be having more to do with [[Rodrigo Duterte]]'s [[Large Ham|firery rants]] against the station being allegedly critical of his policies than with any and all corruption charges the company may have been involved with. The shutdown covered terrestrial broadcasts through ''traditional television'' as well as ''radio'', but it technically did not cover ''internet streaming'' and their TV Plus freemium digital television service, so a number of programmes such as MOR Radio and ''TV Patrol'' simply resumed their usual coverage. Not to mention that a number of previously-aired programmes such as ''[[May Bukas Pa]]'' had all of their episodes uploaded on their YouTube channel for free viewing.

* In 2020 the Philippine government through the National Telecommunications Commission ordered [[ABS-CBN]] to shut down its broadcast operations, a draconian and underhanded move (especially considering the state of affairs during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]) suspected to be having more to do with [[Rodrigo Duterte]]'s [[Large Ham|firery rants]] against the station being allegedly critical of his policies than with any and all corruption charges the company may have been involved with. The shutdown covered terrestrial broadcasts through ''traditional television'' as well as ''radio'', but it technically did not cover ''internet streaming'' and their TV Plus freemium digital television service, so a number of programmes such as MOR Radio and ''TV Patrol'' simply resumed their usual coverage. Not to mention that a number of previously-aired programmes such as ''[[May Bukas Pa]]'' had all of their episodes uploaded on their YouTube channel for free viewing.

* In Japan gambling is illegal. So you can't exchange the balls you win in a Pachinko parlor for cash. But technically, the parlors only let you exchange the balls for various items which can be taken to another nearby store who would then "buy" the items.

** Heck, that's why poker chips, slot-machine tokens, and paper tickets won at fairs were invented in the first place: they're a way to sidestep gambling laws.