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Weird News, The Ridiculous Fourth of July Weekend Bonus Video Edition!

Because Weird never takes a holiday.

Here’s a quick pop quiz -- true or false, so it’s easy -- on common Commonwealth weirdness.

1) In Virginia, it’s illegal to spit. True or False?

2) You can “accidentally” get married without knowing it. True or False?

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3) You can’t have five women in the same house or it’s considered a brothel. True or False?

Answers: True. Kind of True. And... False -- but what a great myth.

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Too easy?

Here’s one more: The video with this story, featuring the Commonwealth’s own Eternal Summer, is loaded with plenty more weird fun facts (facts here is defined loosely) about Virginia that you can use to stump your friends this holiday weekend. True or False?

Answer: Watch the video, and you decide.

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