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 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 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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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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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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