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Could there really be 26,911 words of European Union regulation dedicated to the sale of cabbage? This figure is often used by those arguing there is too much bureaucracy in the EU. But we trace its origins back to 1940s America. It wasn鈥檛 true then, and it isn鈥檛 true today. So how did this cabbage myth grow and spread? And what is the real number of words relating to the sale of cabbages in the EU? Tim Harford presents for More Or Less.
Two million people watched a video of a confrontation between two American students over his dreadlocks. What鈥檚 wrong with white people having dreadlocks? One student had a problem with Cory Goldstein鈥檚 dreadlocks, because he is white and she believed he is 鈥渁ppropriating鈥� her culture. And also in 蜜芽传媒 Trending, a Mexican father seeks justice on social media for his daughter鈥檚 alleged rape.
How are our identities created? How far do they shape the way we see the world, and the way the world sees us? Mike Williams reports for the Why Factor, as part of the 蜜芽传媒 World Service Season on Identity.