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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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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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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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 Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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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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