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* Because the color blue is often linked to authority, many government, like Japan, resorted add such color around train stations to reduce the rates of suicides.
* A [http://www.espn.com/soccer/blog/the-toe-poke/65/post/3478585/turkish-fan-hires-crane-to-watch-denizlispor-match?src=com Turkish Fan] hired a crane to watch a soccer game despite a ban. He thought the ban only applied to his presence at the pitch, and not a crane outside the stadium. The police weren't amused. On the flip side, the team the guy is a fan of won that game.
* [[wikipedia:Bill Millian|Bill Millian]], a Canadian born Scottish bagpiper, was ordered to play the bagpipes during the D-Day invasion in 1945 by [[Wikipedia:Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat|Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat]] [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right|despite the
* An English soldier named William Speakman begun to throw beer bottles and tin cans at 6,000 enemy troops when his unit ran out of grenades during the Korean War. [https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/that-time-william-speakman-held-back-6000-enemy-troops-with-beer-bottles The then 24 year-old soldier's method worked, as the troops ran for it.]
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