You may be surprised to learn these strange and bizarre laws are still on the books across America. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
- Before you can serve in the state legislature or do business as an attorney in the state of Kentucky, you must swear an oath that you have not participated in a duel using deadly weapons.
- In Rhode Island, intentionally biting off someone’s arm or leg can get you up to a 20-year sentence.
- You can’t collect seaweed between daylight in the evening and daylight in the morning in New Hampshire.
- It’s a state law in Wisconsin that cheese must have a highly pleasing flavor and be free from undesirable odors. The same rules apply to butter.
- In Iowa, selling margarine but labeling it as butter is a crime.
- Amateur weather watchers be warned! Federal codes make it illegal to post weather forecasts and claim that they originated with the National Weather Service or any other branch of government. Penalties include fines and up to 90 days in jail.
