Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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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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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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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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