I needed to start mysql without privileges after a database restore today, and while confirming the correct option which was –skip-grant-tables I came across an option which made me laugh.
$ mysqld --verbose --help
...
--sporadic-binlog-dump-fail
Option used by mysql-test for debugging and testing of
replication.
...
And here is the Official Manual Entry
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