Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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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 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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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 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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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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