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Here are some weird laws from around the United States (from LawGuru.com):

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  • Alabama
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  • * It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle.
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  • * Dominoes may not be played on Sunday.
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  • * It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
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  • California
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  • * Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
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  • * Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
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  • * Bathhouses are against the law. [Get the full text of this law.]
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  • * It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
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  • * Women may not drive in a house coat.
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  • Florida
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  • * Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner.
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  • * A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
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  • * If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle.
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  • * It is illegal to sing in a public place while attired in a swimsuit.
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  • * Men may not be seen publicly in any kind of strapless gown.
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  • * Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal.
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  • * It is illegal to skateboard without a license.
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  • * When having sex, only the missionary position is legal.
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  • Kansas
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  • * Prohibits shooting rabbits from a motorboat.
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  • Louisiana
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  • * It is illegal to rob a bank and then shoot at the bank teller with a water pistol.
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  • Indiana
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  • * It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.
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  • * Liquor stores may not sell milk.
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  • Michigan
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  • * You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan.
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  • Nebraska
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  • * It is illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
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  • New York
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  • * A fine of $25 can be levied for flirting. This old law specifically prohibits men from turning around on any city street and looking "at a woman in that way." A second conviction for a crime of this magnitude calls for the violating male to be forced to wear a "pair of horse-blinders" wherever and whenever he goes outside for a stroll.
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  • * It is against the law to throw a ball at someone's head for fun.
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  • * A license must be purchased before hanging clothes on a clothesline.
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  • * The penalty for jumping off a building is death.
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  • North Dakota
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  • * Beer and pretzels can't be served at the same time in any bar or restaurant.
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  • * It is illegal to lie down and fall asleep with your shoes on.
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  • Ohio
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  • * It is illegal to fish for whales on Sunday.
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  • * It is illegal to get a fish drunk.
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  • Pennsylvania
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  • * A person is not eligible to become Governor if he/she has participated in a duel.
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  • Texas
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  • * It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing.
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  • * It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don't need a windshield, but you must have the wipers.
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  • * It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel.
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  • * It is illegal to milk another person's cow.
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  • * A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to give their victims 24 hours notice, either orally or in writing, and to explain the nature of the crime to be committed.
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  • * The entire Encyclopedia Britannica is banned in Texas because it contains a formula for making beer at home.
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  • Wisconsin
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  • * You must manually flush all urinals in a building.
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  • * Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.

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