In Florida, Penalty for horse theft is death by hanging.
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It's illegal to drink beer out of a bucket while you're sitting on a curb in St. Louis!
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A Russian man who wore a beard during the time of Peter the Great had to pay a special tax.
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In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home and cook it for dinner!
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Alaska law says that you can't look at a moose from an airplane.
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In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
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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 San Francisco, there is an ordinance, which bans the picking up and throwing of used confetti.
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