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3. Friendship Bracelet

Next time you think you’ve made a new BFF purely based on looks, think again. In France, street vendors will casually chat up friendly tourists while they tie a handmade friendship bracelet to your wrist. Once it’s on there, it’s really hard to get it off and you will likely end up buying it rather than look like a thief.

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