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08 Reincarnating without permission

Where: China

If you’re a Buddhist monk, you better not be planning to come back from the dead without getting an okay from the authorities first. It’s illegal for monks to reincarnate without the express permission of the totalitarian Chinese government. How they enforce this isn’t clear, but they’ve been warned.Also illegal in China: Winnie-the-Pooh, weird architecture, and movies about time travel.

Buddhist monk China TommasoT / Getty Images
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