In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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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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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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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 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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In Georgia, US, members of the State Assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the State Assembly is in session.
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