In Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
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In Korea, there's a man named Lee Jin-gyu who fell in love and married his life-sized Japanese body pillow (called a "dakimakura").
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In 2007, a woman named Erika La Tour Eiffel married the Eiffel Tower.
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In 1859, the largest known geomagnetic storm struck the Caribbean, causing an aurora and telegraphs could even operate without a power source.
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