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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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    Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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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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    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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    IRS: Criminals legally required to declare illegal income on tax return
    According to the IRS, self-employed criminals are required to declare the source of their illegal income (like selling drugs) - and they can't prosecute for it!
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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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    Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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    In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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