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 Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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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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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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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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Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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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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