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* [[Ozzy Osbourne]] was banned from entering San Antonio after he was caught urinating on the Alamo.
* The Sheraton hotel chain will not host a Shriners' convention, owing to the extreme rowdiness and damages that tend to follow them. Ray Stevens' song about a Shriners' convention involved molestation, extreme intoxication, and a motorcycle going off a high diving board; the real ones aren't nearly that sedate.
** The Bullingdon Club, a near equivalent catering to young [[
* During [[World War II]] the Allies tried to quarter ANZAC troops in Cairo. The Egyptian government refused, saying that while New Zealanders were welcome, the city was still recovering from the victory celebration the Australian troops gave in [[World War One|the last world war]].
* In [[Ancient Greece|ancient Athens]], criminals convicted of the most heinous crimes weren't executed or imprisoned for life, they were instead ''exiled'' from Athens. At the time, most of the territory in the Greek islands was untamed wilderness, and exile often amounted to a death sentence.
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