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In some periods of history，a person who stole salt was thought to have broken the law．Take the eighteenth century for an example，if a person was caught stealing salt，he would be thrown into prison．History also records that only in England about ten thousand people were put into prison during the 18th century for stealing salt! About one hundred and fifty years ago，in the year 1553，if a man took more than his share of salt，he would be thought to have broken the law and would be seriously punished．The offender’s ear was cut off．
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