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In a tradition dating back to the beginning of the Westminster system of government, the bench in the middle of a Westminster parliament is two-?and-?a-?half sword lengths long. This was so the government and opposition couldn’t have a go at each other if it all got a bit heated.
In Alaska, it is illegal to shoot at a moose from the window of an airplane or other flying vehicle.
In Athens, Greece, a driver’s license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either “unbathed” or “poorly dressed.”
In Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub a sink, regardless of how dirty it is.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
In England during Queen Victoria’s reign, it was illegal to be a homosexual but not a lesbian, the reason being that when the queen was approving the law, she wouldn’t believe that women would do that.
In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.
In Helsinki, Finland, instead of giving parking tickets, the police usually deflate tires.
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood.
In Jasmine, Saskatchewan, it is illegal for a cow to moo within three hundred kilometers of a private home.
In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket.
In Sweden, although prostitution is legal, it is illegal for anyone to use the services of a prostitute.
In Texas, it is illegal to put graffiti on someone else’s cow.
In the United Kingdom, there is no Act of Parliament making it illegal to commit murder. Murder is only illegal due to legal precedent.
It is against the law to stare at the mayor of Paris.
In Singapore, it is against the law to urinate in an elevator.
In Sweden, it is illegal to train a seal to balance a ball on its nose.
In California, it is illegal to eat oranges while bathing.
In Bladworth, Saskatchewan, it is illegal to frown at cows.
It is illegal to grow or sell pork in Israel.
In Arizona, it is illegal to hunt camels.
In Malaysia, it is illegal for restaurants to substitute toilet paper as table napkins. Repeat offenders go to jail.
It used to be law in France that children’s names had to be taken from an official government list.
In Iceland, it was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city.
In one city in Switzerland, it was once against the law to slam your car door.
Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the United States since 1916, when a man mailed a forty-?thousand-?ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
Pennsylvania was the first colony to legalize witchcraft.
A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
According to the United States Refuse Act of 1899, every industrial discharge into bodies of water since 1899 has been a crime.
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
If you live in Michigan, it is illegal to put a skunk in your boss’s desk.
In Hartford, Connecticut, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.
In Idaho, a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than fifty pounds.
In Indiana, it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least thirty minutes after eating garlic.
In Minnesota, it is illegal for women to be dressed up as Santa Claus on city streets.
In Morrisville, Pennsylvania, women need a legal permit before they can wear lipstick in public.
In some parts of Alabama, it is illegal to carry a comb in your pocket.
In the Rhode Island legislature during the 1970s, it was proposed that there be a tax of $2 on every act of sexual intercourse.
In Oklahoma, it is against the law to hunt whale.
It is illegal for boys in ninth grade to grow a mustache in Binghamton, New York.
In Omaha, Nebraska, it’s against the law to burp or sneeze in a church.
In Kansas, it’s against the law to catch fish
In a tradition dating back to the beginning of the Westminster system of government, the bench in the middle of a Westminster parliament is two-?and-?a-?half sword lengths long. This was so the government and opposition couldn’t have a go at each other if it all got a bit heated.
In Alaska, it is illegal to shoot at a moose from the window of an airplane or other flying vehicle.
In Athens, Greece, a driver’s license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either “unbathed” or “poorly dressed.”
In Baltimore, it is illegal to wash or scrub a sink, regardless of how dirty it is.
In Cleveland, Ohio, it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
In England during Queen Victoria’s reign, it was illegal to be a homosexual but not a lesbian, the reason being that when the queen was approving the law, she wouldn’t believe that women would do that.
In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.
In Helsinki, Finland, instead of giving parking tickets, the police usually deflate tires.
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood.
In Jasmine, Saskatchewan, it is illegal for a cow to moo within three hundred kilometers of a private home.
In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice cream in your back pocket.
In Sweden, although prostitution is legal, it is illegal for anyone to use the services of a prostitute.
In Texas, it is illegal to put graffiti on someone else’s cow.
In the United Kingdom, there is no Act of Parliament making it illegal to commit murder. Murder is only illegal due to legal precedent.
It is against the law to stare at the mayor of Paris.
In Singapore, it is against the law to urinate in an elevator.
In Sweden, it is illegal to train a seal to balance a ball on its nose.
In California, it is illegal to eat oranges while bathing.
In Bladworth, Saskatchewan, it is illegal to frown at cows.
It is illegal to grow or sell pork in Israel.
In Arizona, it is illegal to hunt camels.
In Malaysia, it is illegal for restaurants to substitute toilet paper as table napkins. Repeat offenders go to jail.
It used to be law in France that children’s names had to be taken from an official government list.
In Iceland, it was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city.
In one city in Switzerland, it was once against the law to slam your car door.
Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the United States since 1916, when a man mailed a forty-?thousand-?ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
Pennsylvania was the first colony to legalize witchcraft.
A monkey was once tried and convicted for smoking a cigarette in South Bend, Indiana.
According to the United States Refuse Act of 1899, every industrial discharge into bodies of water since 1899 has been a crime.
Every citizen of Kentucky is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
If you live in Michigan, it is illegal to put a skunk in your boss’s desk.
In Hartford, Connecticut, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands.
In Idaho, a citizen is forbidden by law to give another citizen a box of candy that weighs more than fifty pounds.
In Indiana, it is illegal to ride public transportation for at least thirty minutes after eating garlic.
In Minnesota, it is illegal for women to be dressed up as Santa Claus on city streets.
In Morrisville, Pennsylvania, women need a legal permit before they can wear lipstick in public.
In some parts of Alabama, it is illegal to carry a comb in your pocket.
In the Rhode Island legislature during the 1970s, it was proposed that there be a tax of $2 on every act of sexual intercourse.
In Oklahoma, it is against the law to hunt whale.
It is illegal for boys in ninth grade to grow a mustache in Binghamton, New York.
In Omaha, Nebraska, it’s against the law to burp or sneeze in a church.
In Kansas, it’s against the law to catch fish
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