No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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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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The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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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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