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| Today is: Sunday January 28, 2001. |
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Trivia: US Law |
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 53,312 inmate lawsuits were
filed nationwide in 1995.
A Virginia law requires all bathtubs to be kept out in the yards, not inside the house.
According to British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital
offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.
Christmas was once illegal in England.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
George Washington is the only man whose birthday is a legal holiday in every state of the
U.S as of a few years ago.
Impotence is legal grounds for divorce in 24 American states.
In a tradition dating to the begining of the Westminster system of government, the bench
in the middle of a Westminster parliarment is two and a half sword lengths long. This was
so the government and oppositon couldn't have a go at each other if it all got a bit
heated
In Alaska it is illegal to shoot at a moose from the window of an aeroplane or other
flying vehicle.
In Baltimore USA it is illegal to wash or scrub a sink regardless of how dirty it is.
In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
In England during Queen Victoria's reign, it was illegal to be a homosexual but not a
lesbian. The reason being that when the Queen was approving the law she wouldn't believe
that women would do that.
In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.
In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood.
In Jasmine, Saskatchewan, it is illegal for a cow to moo within 300 km of a private home.
In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket.
 In Texas, it is illegal to put graffiti on someone else's
cow.
In the UK, there is no act of parliament making it illegal to commit murder. Murder is
only illegal due to legal precedent.
It is illegal to eat oranges while bathing in California.
It is illegal to frown at cows in Bladworth, Saskatchewan.
It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland.
It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland.
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.
Pennsylvania was the first colony to legalize witchcraft. |
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