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 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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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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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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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 Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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