In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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In Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
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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 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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Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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