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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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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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 Georgia, US, members of the State Assembly cannot be ticketed for speeding while the State Assembly is in session.
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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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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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Oral sex was illegal in 18 states under old sodomy law until 2003 when they were invalidated.
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