Today in the US there are many laws and in every state or even the municipality they can be their own. Some of them seem ridiculous today, but at one time they were taken on quite serious occasions.
- In Los Angeles, the law prohibits licking frogs. Some time ago, teenagers living in this city, found that if you lick the frogs, you can get some portion of the hallucinogens that are contained on the skin of some species of these amphibians. The police could not cope with drug addicts who licked frogs, so the Los Angeles authorities and introduced such a law.
- In the city of Mobile, the law forbids women to wear high-heeled shoes and that's why. One day a woman in such shoes stepped on a lattice, blocking the weir, injured her leg and filed with the municipal authorities in court, which she won. In order to avoid repeated claims, the city authorities decided to introduce a law instead of changing all the grids.
- In the US state of Kentucky, the law obliges every resident to take a bath at least once a year. And in Indiana, on the contrary, it is forbidden to take a bath from October to March.
- In the state of Arizona, the law prohibits hunting for camels. And all because once in the US Army camels were used as draft power. Local residents considered camels to be wild animals and began to hunt for them, which significantly reduced the defense capability of the US Army.
- Replace a burnt out light bulb in Victoria can only a licensed specialist, otherwise the owner of the house faces a fine of up to $ 20. Here on Sundays, in the afternoons, pink pants are not allowed.
- In the Californian town of Chico, the law prohibits the explosion of nuclear devices on its territory. For this, the guilty person faces a fine of $ 500. That's just whether anyone will charge this fine - it is not known.
- And in the state of Alabama , the driver is forbidden to drive behind the wheel blindfolded, and also under the fear of death, you can not sprinkle rails on the railroad with salt. In addition, pedestrians here can not open the umbrella in the street, so as not to frighten them with horses.
- In Oklahoma, the offender may face imprisonment for teasing dogs or trying to bite off someone else's hamburger.
- In the state of Illinois it is forbidden to beat a baseball bat of rats, it is punishable by a fine of $ 1000. In the same state, in the town of Eureka, a man with a mustache can not kiss a woman.
- And in the town of Moukhave County , in Arizona, the law prohibits stealing soap. If a thief is caught, it will be washed with this soap until it "rinses."