Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
33
In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
15
In 1970, Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substance Act into law, making DMT and many other substances illegal. However, DMT is produced naturally by the body, and found in a multitude of human bodily fluids and tissues. Essentially, this makes all humans illegal.
16
In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
257
In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
4
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.
44
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.
32
In Georgia, US, members of the State Assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the State Assembly is in session.
170