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 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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In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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