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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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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In Georgia, US, donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In France, by law a bakery has to make all the bread it sells from scratch in order to have the right to be called a bakery.
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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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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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