In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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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 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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.
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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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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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In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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