More facts from around the world.. yup including some horrible ones..
From the pages of history... Unbelievable!
In old India, if a married (Hindu) man died, his widow was burnt alive with him. People then visited the place of cremation and worshipped the dead woman, believing that her sacrifice had made her into a goddess.
This practice was outlawed by the British and classed as murder. But a widow wasn't ever allowed to remarry. Hindus believed she was a bad omen and stop females from their families having any contact with her. Her own family treated her like a plague and quiet often widows were sent to 'aashrams' to spend the rest of their lives there.
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Brahmins (a hindu cast) sacrificed babies to their gods/goddesses. Such cases were filed in police records during the British Raj in India.
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Childless Hindu women visited so called Sadhu's to grant them children. These Sadhus convinced these women that they were cursed and the only way to break the curse was to have sexual intercourse with a sadhu. The women who couldn't have children, mostly because their husbands weren't capable, ended up getting pregnant and believed the sadhu had granted their wish.
Sadly ignorant muslims followed suit and began visiting Peers for the same purpose.
*** Funny Dumb Laws***
An Illinois state law requires that a man's female companion shall call him "master" while out on a date. The law does not apply to married couples.
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Alabama:
It's against the law for a man to seduce "a chaste woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage."
It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile.
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Louisiana:
Biting someone with your natural teeth is "simple assault," while biting someone with your false teeth is "aggravated assault."
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Michigan:
A woman isn't allowed to get her hair cut without her husband's permission.
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Source:
http://tjshome.com/dumblaws.php