There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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In 1970, Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substance Act into law, making DMT and many other substances illegal. However, DMT is produced naturally by the body, and found in a multitude of human bodily fluids and tissues. Essentially, this makes all humans illegal.
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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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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 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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Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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