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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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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 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 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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Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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