John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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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 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 Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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In California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, it's against the law to hold a "Ladies' Night" because it's deemed gender discrimination.
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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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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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