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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Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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 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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