Have electrical problems? Steer clear of ‘Mike the Electrician’

A recent Mafia indictment in Brooklyn, N.Y., featured some colorful nicknames, including “The Greaseball,” “Bobby the Jew” and the ever-fearsome “Mike the Electrician.”

Green cards (also known as United States Permanent Resident Cards) aren’t actually green. They’re yellowish-white.

Don’t want a lawyer as your tenant? No problem. The Fair Housing Act does not prohibit discrimination against lawyers when renting out premises.

Italy’s highest court has ruled that it is a criminal offense for men to touch their genitals in public. The judges helpfully suggested that any man who feels the need to grab his crotch should do so in the privacy of his own home.

The first recorded execution in American history was that of Capt. George Kendall in the Jamestown colony of Virginia in 1608. George Kendall also happens to be the name of a present-day attorney who has been representing death-row inmates for more than 25 years.