In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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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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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 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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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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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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