I'm a pretty straight-laced person, but every so often I discover
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I'm a pretty straight-laced person, but every so often I discover
that I've been breaking the law all along. They're usually small laws,
and kind of useless if you ask me. What do you mean I have to register my cat?! I need a burn permit for that fire pit?! Then
there are the really, really strange ones. All around the world, you'll
find strange rules that I'm sure had a meaning at some point but have
been lost over the years.I have to wonder if anyone even goes through the books to see what we actually need!
In Canada, it's illegal to
Or to tell fortunes for money.
It's illegal to unlock an iPhone.
But jail breaking it is fine, apparently.
It's illegal to pump your own gas in Oregon.
An attendant has to do it for you.
You can't be drunk in a bar in Alaska.
This is supposed to help deal with alcohol issues in the state.
In Toronto, Canada, you can't drag a dead horse down Yonge Street on a Sunday.
Any other day? Go for it!
You can't buy or sell sex toys in Alabama.
It's part of the "Anti-Obscenity Enforcement Act."
It's illegal to share your Netflix password with anyone outside of your family in Tennessee.
This also applies to Hulu Plus, Rhapsody, any media subscription really.
In Carmel, California, you need a permit to wear high heels.
Anything over 2" high with a base of less than one square inch is illegal.
This isn't really enforced though.
t's illegal to kill Bigfoot in Washington.
Although technically he could be considered an endangered species, and would be protected in every state except Texas.