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It’s easy to think of the law as something very serious and perfectly rational. After all, it’s handled by important institutions and meant to keep society running in order. But as it turns out, it’s not always as sensible as it seems.
We’ve gathered some truly unusual laws from around the world, and let’s just say they’re not what you’d expect. We had a hard time wrapping our heads around quite a few of them. Scroll down to check out the list and upvote the ones that surprised you the most!
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Rose the Cook 3 hours ago
Don't know about being against the law but my mother insisted it "wasn't proper" to wash male and female underwear in the same load or hang them both on the line at the same time. As far as I know she had never been to Minnesota!
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Rose the Cook 2 hours ago
It is silly to wear high heels to such places anyway since the ground is always uneven and you risk injury.
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Loosey Goosey 1 hour ago
Not just in Scotland. Right to roam exists all over the UK, but there are less restrictions in Scotland. Trespassing isn't a criminal offence in the UK.
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Petra Peitsch 1 hour ago
I was born there, and lived till my mid '20s, and never ever heard about this "law". Although, Ceausescu and his wife Elena were a special kind of dipshíts. Their years spent in school didn't even add up to a primary school education. Together. So, it may be legit.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 4 hours ago
But all it takes is one good man with a kinder egg to stop a criminal with a kinder egg!
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 4 hours ago (edited)
Good. Should be implemented everywhere. Ensures fines have the same impact.
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Loosey Goosey 1 hour ago
This is a myth. No such law exists and even if it did, how would it be enforced?
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 4 hours ago
Kids these days with their sandcastles... They are a menace!
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SM 1 hour ago (edited)
Laws almost never get repealed, that is the reason you can find so many crazy laws still on the books. The people making laws don't want to take time out for this. Instead two things mainly happen with such laws. One is that they stop enforcing them. And the other is they pass a law or such that "overrides" the other law. For instance, Trump couldn't get the votes to repeal the law that say that the auto manufactures have to pay a fine for not meeting the clean air acts. Instead they passed a law to change the fine to zero. And another thing this administration is doing is now enforcing hundreds of years old laws that were "suppressed" by a recent law (right to have an abortion) when the supreme Court reversed its ruling on that.
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Ace 2 hours ago
These are getting worse. Twisted round just from the fact that in some countries attempting to escape is a specific offence in itself, for which you can be prosecuted and face an additional sentence; in some countries it is not, but you will lose your chances of getting early release for 'good behaviour'.
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Petra Peitsch 1 hour ago
Germany. Monthly 17.50 euros ZDF Rundfunk. Like FCK you guys, I never had a TV or Radio.
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Ace 2 hours ago
Mostly true apart from the toilet thing, already mentioned higher up. Oh, and elevators too. It's possible that individual apartment buildings could have rules about their use, but it is absolutely not a law. And no, the noise things are not "systematically enforced", but some Swiss neighbours may not be reticent about calling the police if you're making a disturbance.
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Margaret Shannon 3 hours ago
In Dyersburg, Tennessee, it is illegal for spouses to kiss one another on a Sunday. I have violated this law.
Loosey Goosey 1 hour ago (edited)
Not entirely unique to England, but one thing that may suprise some visitors is the lack of shops which are open after 4pm on Sundays. Most shops which are bigger than 280 Square metres are only allowed to trade for a maximum of six hours on Sundays and must not trade at all on Christmas Day or Easter Sunday. It is partly because England is a Christian country, although most of us aren't religious anymore. It's also because trade unions fought for workers to have at least one day off a week.
Margaret Shannon 3 hours ago
In Dyersburg, Tennessee, it is illegal for spouses to kiss one another on a Sunday. I have violated this law.
Loosey Goosey 1 hour ago (edited)
Not entirely unique to England, but one thing that may suprise some visitors is the lack of shops which are open after 4pm on Sundays. Most shops which are bigger than 280 Square metres are only allowed to trade for a maximum of six hours on Sundays and must not trade at all on Christmas Day or Easter Sunday. It is partly because England is a Christian country, although most of us aren't religious anymore. It's also because trade unions fought for workers to have at least one day off a week.
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