In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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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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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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In Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
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