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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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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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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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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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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