In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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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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In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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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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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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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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