The world is full of bizarre rules and regulations, a lot of which make you wonder what must have happened, and who would have done something to cause the need for such laws to be written in the first place. Frost Fire Core compiled a list of 25 of the world's strangest laws, a few of which are listed here.
Pregnant women in the UK can pee wherever they want, "even, if she so requests, in a policeman's helmet."
It's forbidden to name your pig "Napoleon" in France.
It's illegal to drive blindfolded in Alabama.
Drunk fishing is against the law in Ohio.
Skateboarding in police stations is illegal in Miami.
If you masturbate in Indonesia, you face the penalty of decapitation.
Unmarried woman who parachute on Sundays could be sent to jail in Florida.
If you have the plague, it's illegal to flag down a cab in London.
Male doctors can only examine female genitals in a mirror in Bahrain; looking at them directly is illegal.
World's Strangest Laws
World's Strangest Laws
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