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 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 the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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