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 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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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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