In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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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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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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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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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A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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