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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Mackinac Island, Michigan, has banned cars since 1898!
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Some nursing homes in Germany have fake bus stops to keep Alzheimer's patients from wandering away.
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In 2011, a couple bought a box of textbooks for $10. Inside, they found a 25-cent bill signed by the president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, and subsequently sold it for $63,250.
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Pope Francis was once a nightclub bouncer.
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