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 people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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