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    In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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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    Beer Used to Be Classed as a Soft Drink in Russia
    In 2011, Russia acknowledged beer as an alcoholic beverage. Before then, any drink under 10% volume was considered a soft drink.
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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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    You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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    China Afforrestation
    China Afforrestation
    In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution that makes it a duty of every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year.
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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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