HistoryDarkUntil President Kennedy was killed, it wasn't a federal crime to assassinate the President.5032k
PlacesWeirdOutdatedNew Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.4412k
PlacesWeirdAlaska law prohibits hunters from shooting a moose on the same day they've spotted it from an airplane.4223k
PlacesInterestingOral sex was illegal in 14 US states under sodomy laws until 2003, when the Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas decision invalidated all such laws nationwide.3563k
PlacesWeirdArkansas has an official law (Arkansas Code § 1-4-105) that specifies exactly how to pronounce the state's name, declaring that saying 'Ar-KAN-zas' is 'an innovation to be discouraged.'2862k
PlacesWeirdIn Missouri, anyone under 21 who handles household trash containing empty alcohol containers could technically be charged with illegal possession of alcohol under the state's broadly written possession laws.2572k
PlacesWeirdOutdatedIt is illegal to purchase or consume Jack Daniel's Whiskey in the town in which it is produced!2482k
PlacesWeirdIn West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner!2191k