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  • A barber is not to advertise prices in the State of Georgia.
  • A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.
  • According to U.S. laws, a beer commercial can never show a person actually drinking beer.
  • Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
  • California law prohibits a woman from driving a car while dressed in a housecoat.
  • Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
  • Farmers in England are required by law to provide their pigs with toys!
  • First-cousin marriages are legal in Utah, so long as both parties are 65 or older!
  • Hypnotism is banned by public schools in San Diego.
  • In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.
  • In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King.
  • In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either unbathed or poorly dressed.
  • In Bangladesh, kids as young as 15 can be jailed for cheating on their finals!
  • In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
  • In Corpus Christie, Texas, it is illegal to raise alligators in your home.
  • In Florida, It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
  • In Florida, Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
  • In France, it is legal to marry a dead person!
  • In Georgia, it is against the law to slap a man on the back or front.
  • In Holland, you can be fined for not using a shopping basket at a grocery store!
  • In Idaho, You may not fish on a camel's back.
  • In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket.
  • In Kentucky, It's illegal to fish in the Ohio River in Kentucky without an Indiana Fishing License.
  • In Louisiana, a bill was introduced years ago in the State House of Representatives that fixed a ceiling on haircuts for bald men of 25 cents.
  • In Massachusetts, It is illegal to go to bed without first having a full bath.
  • In Miami, it is forbidden to imitate an animal.
  • In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits
  • In Nebraska, It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
  • In Oklahoma, no baseball team can hit the ball over the fence or out of a ballpark.
  • In Philadelphia, you can't put pretzels in bags based on an Act of 1760.
  • In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
  • In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
  • In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner!
  • In West Virginia, only babies can ride in a baby carriage.
  • It is illegal NOT to smile in Pocatello, Idaho!
  • It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
  • It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
  • It is illegal to mispronounce 'Arkansas' while in the state of Arkansas!
  • It is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced!
  • It was illegal to sell E.T. dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
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