In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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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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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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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