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 Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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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 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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