In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
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In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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In Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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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 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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