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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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    It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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    Unique Prison in Brazil
    Unique Prison in Brazil
    There is a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles, providing electricity to a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.
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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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    China Afforrestation
    China Afforrestation
    In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution that makes it a duty of every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year.
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    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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    The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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    Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
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