In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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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 Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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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 Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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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 Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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