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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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 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 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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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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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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