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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Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
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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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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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