It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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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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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m.
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