It turns out the craziest, most overtly bullshit political practices are perfectly legal.

Sometimes 'national icons' only represent the ability for one nation to shamelessly rip off somebody else.

These explorers were so flashily incompetent, it's a wonder they ever made it out their front door.

While there no doubt are real frivolous lawsuits out there, when you go to look up the details of these stories, you usually find that things played out very differently.