Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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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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