In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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