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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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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Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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In Cuba, hitchhiking is encouraged and government vehicles are legally required to pick up hitchhikers.
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In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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