In Georgia, US, members of the State Assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the State Assembly is in session.
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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 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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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 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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Anyone under the age of 21 who takes out household trash containing even a single empty alcohol beverage container can be charged with illegal possession of alcohol in Missouri.
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In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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