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    It would take 76 work days (8 hours a day) for the average person to read the Terms and Conditions they agree to in a year.
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    Beer Used to Be Classed as a Soft Drink in Russia
    In 2011, Russia acknowledged beer as an alcoholic beverage. Before then, any drink under 10% volume was considered a soft drink.
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    In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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    In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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    In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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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    The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name – the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
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    In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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