Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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In New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
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It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
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In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front.
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In Scotland it is illegal to be a drunk in possession of a cow.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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