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 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 Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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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 Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
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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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