Cait
Well-Known Member
These are just a few I found, and some of them are pretty odd!
A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.
Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40 million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every year.
Chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt."
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath once a year.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special tax.
Impotence is grounds for divorce in twenty-four states in the United States.
In 1838, the city of Los Angeles passed an ordinance requiring that a man obtain a license before serenading a woman.
In Alaska it is illegal to look at a moose from the window of an airplane or any other flying vehicle.
In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
In Canada, if a debt is higher than 25 cents, it is illegal to pay it with pennies.
In England, murder is murder. There are no degrees of murder, as in the United States.
In Idaho, a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
In London, it is a 24-hour detainment if caught sticking gum under a seat on the upper deck of a bus.
In Milan, Italy, there is a law on the books that requires a smile on the face of all citizens at all times. Exemptions include time spent visiting patients in hospitals or attending funerals. Otherwise, the fine is $100 if they are seen in public without a smile on their face.
In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.
In San Salvador drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.
In some smaller towns in the state of Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders.
In the U.S., federal law states that children's TV shows may contain only 10 minutes of advertising per hour and on weekends the limit is 10 and one-half minutes.
In Turkey, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
It is not against the law in the U.S. to be a drug addict. In 1962, the Supreme Court called imprisonment for being an addict cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Bill of Rights.
Oxford University requires all members upon admission to the Bodleian Library to read aloud a pledge that includes an agreement to not "kindle therein any fire or flame". Regulations also prohibit readers bringing sheep into the library.
Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.
The average medium size piano has about 230 strings, each string having about 165 pounds of tension, with the combined pull of all strings equaling approximately eighteen tons.
Two chapters in the Bible, 2 Kings and Isaiah 37, are alike almost word for word.
The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming a mean temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
A local ordinance in Atwoodville, Connecticut prohibits people from playing Scrabble while waiting for a politician to speak.
Before the enactment of the 1978 law that made it mandatory for dog owners in New York City to clean up after their pets, approximately 40 million pounds of dog excrement were deposited on the streets every year.
Chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt."
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath once a year.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
During the time of Peter the Great, any Russian man who wore a beard was required to pay a special tax.
Impotence is grounds for divorce in twenty-four states in the United States.
In 1838, the city of Los Angeles passed an ordinance requiring that a man obtain a license before serenading a woman.
In Alaska it is illegal to look at a moose from the window of an airplane or any other flying vehicle.
In Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp.
In Canada, if a debt is higher than 25 cents, it is illegal to pay it with pennies.
In England, murder is murder. There are no degrees of murder, as in the United States.
In Idaho, a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds.
In London, it is a 24-hour detainment if caught sticking gum under a seat on the upper deck of a bus.
In Milan, Italy, there is a law on the books that requires a smile on the face of all citizens at all times. Exemptions include time spent visiting patients in hospitals or attending funerals. Otherwise, the fine is $100 if they are seen in public without a smile on their face.
In most American states, a wedding ring is exempt by law from inclusion among the assets in a bankruptcy estate. This means that a wedding ring cannot be seized by creditors, no matter how much the bankrupt person owes.
In San Salvador drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee.
In some smaller towns in the state of Arizona, it is illegal to wear suspenders.
In the U.S., federal law states that children's TV shows may contain only 10 minutes of advertising per hour and on weekends the limit is 10 and one-half minutes.
In Turkey, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
It is not against the law in the U.S. to be a drug addict. In 1962, the Supreme Court called imprisonment for being an addict cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Bill of Rights.
Oxford University requires all members upon admission to the Bodleian Library to read aloud a pledge that includes an agreement to not "kindle therein any fire or flame". Regulations also prohibit readers bringing sheep into the library.
Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.
The average medium size piano has about 230 strings, each string having about 165 pounds of tension, with the combined pull of all strings equaling approximately eighteen tons.
Two chapters in the Bible, 2 Kings and Isaiah 37, are alike almost word for word.
The average person can live for eleven days without water, assuming a mean temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
