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 New York, it is against the law for children to pick up or collect cigarette and cigar butts.
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It's illegal to own a red car in Shanghai, China.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In 1659, it was illegal to celebrate Christmas in Massachusetts.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
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In Quitman, Georgia, US, it is illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
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