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"Illegal To Forget Your Wife's Birthday": 55 Weird Laws From All Over The World That Might Sound Crazy
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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Russell Bowman 1 hour ago
Just like quiet hours in Germany ... from 10 PM to 6 AM on weekdays and all day on Sundays
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Rose the Cook 1 hour 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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Rose the Cook 1 hour 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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Loosey Goosey 28 minutes 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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Loosey Goosey 26 minutes 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 2 hours ago
Kids these days with their sandcastles... They are a menace!
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 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 2 hours ago (edited)
Good. Should be implemented everywhere. Ensures fines have the same impact.
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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 2 hours ago
Captain Wafflestomper would not like this. His waist measurement is greater than his height. That's what a diet including three literal buckets of fried chicken everyday does to you.
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Ace 1 hour 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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Ace 49 minutes ago
This is common throughout Europe not sure why this poster has picked on Ireland, historically the "TV detector van" was a thing in the UK, although it's believed that they did not, in fact, have any detecting capability. These days nobody could realistically avoid paying a licence fee, as ownership of any equipment, be it a TV, a computer or just a smartphone, that is capable of receiving a "TV; signal, requires that you pay it.
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Ace 55 minutes 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 2 hours ago
In Dyersburg, Tennessee, it is illegal for spouses to kiss one another on a Sunday. I have violated this law.
Loosey Goosey 4 minutes ago
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 2 hours ago
In Dyersburg, Tennessee, it is illegal for spouses to kiss one another on a Sunday. I have violated this law.
Loosey Goosey 4 minutes ago
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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