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 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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In 1970, Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substance Act into law, making DMT and many other substances illegal. However, DMT is produced naturally by the body, and found in a multitude of human bodily fluids and tissues. Essentially, this makes all humans illegal.
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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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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