Until 1976, taxi cabs in Australia were required to carry a bale of hay in the trunk.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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In France, by law a bakery has to make all the bread it sells from scratch in order to have the right to be called a bakery.
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Future biotechnology could be used to trick a prisoner's mind into thinking they have served a 1,000 year sentence in only eight hours, a group of scientists have claimed.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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