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 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 Georgia, US, donkeys may not be kept in bathtubs.
388
Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
33
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
217
Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
11
In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
4