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 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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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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If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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