In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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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 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 Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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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 Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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