Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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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 Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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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 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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