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Why did the Austrian authorities allow one resident to be photographed for a driver's license with a colander on his head?

In 2005, American Bobby Henderson came up with a new religion - Pastafarianism, the main deity in which is the Flying Spaghetti Monster. This was done in protest against the introduction of the study of the concept of "Intelligent Design" in Kansas schools as an alternative to evolutionary teaching. According to religion, the invisible Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe and deliberately built in all the evidence for evolution, testing the faith of its adherents. For example, every time a scientist measures the age of an object using radiocarbon dating, the Monster changes the results with his Spaghetti Hand. In 2011, Austrian Nico Alm won the right to be photographed for a driver's license with a colander on his head, justifying such a headdress as belonging to Pastafarianism.

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