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    Beer Used to Be Classed as a Soft Drink in Russia
    In 2011, Russia acknowledged beer as an alcoholic beverage. Before then, any drink under 10% volume was considered a soft drink.
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    In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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    Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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    Terms & Conditions
    Terms & Conditions
    It would take 76 work days (8 hours a day) for the average person to read the Terms and Conditions they agree to in a year.
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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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    In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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 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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