In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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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 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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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 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 Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
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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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