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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In Georgia, US, members of the State Assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the State Assembly is in session.
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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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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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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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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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