South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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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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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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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 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 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 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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