In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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 Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
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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 Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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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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The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name – the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
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