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 Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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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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