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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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 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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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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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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