Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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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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The longest-running legal battle for a domain name is believed to be the fight for PETA.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sued People Eating Tasty Animals to obtain the name – the case spanned from 1995 to 2001.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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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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