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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Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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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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