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 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 Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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In California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, it's against the law to hold a "Ladies' Night" because it's deemed gender discrimination.
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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