In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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In California, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, it's against the law to hold a "Ladies' Night" because it's deemed gender discrimination.
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In Australia, it is illegal to walk on the right-hand side of a footpath.
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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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In 1970, Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substance Act into law, making DMT and many other substances illegal. However, DMT is produced naturally by the body, and found in a multitude of human bodily fluids and tissues. Essentially, this makes all humans illegal.
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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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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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