In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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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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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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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 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 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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