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Things You Don’t Know are (STILL!) Illegal · Be Amazed

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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you ever find yourself in Minnesota and witness a big covered in grease running past you, for the love of God, don't chase it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And don't you dare let your chicken cross the road in Georgia.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These bizarre scenarios that turns out are entirely illegal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In fact, there are tons of strange laws out there that most people have never heard of.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And as a result, there's a chance that you unknowingly break the law on a daily basis.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So today, we're going to find out how criminally you really are.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: By checking out crimes against fashion, bands on bellies, and even anti-grandma legislation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As I laid down the law with some insane things, you don't know where illegal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Anyone who's met me knows that when I'm not chewing over incredible facts, I'm keeping my breath fresh by chewing on some gum.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I always have some gum in my pocket, but if I bought a stick of the chewy stuff while on a trip to Singapore, I could be tried and sentenced in a court of law.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Because chewing gum has been illegal in the country since 1992.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This story starts in 1965 when Singapore became independent from Malaysia and elected their first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yu.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yu was very concerned with politeness and a bit of a clean freak and once he was in power he soon said about introducing strict laws against litter, graffiti and spitting.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The four long Singapore streets were spicking span, and the country's cleanliness became an important part of its cultural identity.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As the government tried to turn the small nation into a perfect utopia.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This lasted until the 80s when a rise in the popularity of chewing gum started to threaten Singapore's squeaky clean image.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The problem became widespread as people started leaving their gum on sidewalks, walls, and trains in the country's brand new $5 billion transit system.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was a sticky situation for Singapore's government, and after chewing on the issue, they decided to make gum completely illegal to sell or purchase in 1992.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: From that point on, people caught with chewing gum were fine between $500 and $1,000, and stores owners found selling gum could be fined up to $100,000, or be sentenced to two years in jail.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: From 1992 onwards, the police were ever vigilant.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Listening at for reports of any active gummen, armed with a stick of Reglays.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But in 2004, it did become legal for people to chew therapy to gum to help them quit smoking.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, this gum can only be obtained with a medical prescription, so if you travel to Singapore, you'll still have to leave your bubble gum at home.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sorry for busting your bubble.
• 2:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: To Americans, banning chewing gum sounds pretty extreme.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But it turns out Uncle Sam is a picky eater too.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: From deep-dish pizzas to crawfish boils, Americans love food.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But in 1938, the U.S. government puts some limits on what citizens can legally eat in the federal food drug and cosmetic deck.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The act essentially banned companies from putting in edible objects inside food unless they were functional, like the stick on a lollipop.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This is outlawed several products in the U.S., including the Kinder Surprise, which has been banned in America by default since its earliest manufacturer in the 70s.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This candy from Ferraro is composed of a chocolate egg containing a small plastic toy, but the U.S. government saw as a choking hazard.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You can buy candor surprises all over the world, however, they're completely illegal in the states.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And if you're called smuggling them into the U.S., the only surprise you'll receive is a $1,200 fine per egg.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Candor has since found a way to get around the band with an alternative product in their range called the Kinderjoy, which keeps its toy separate from the candy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Unlike the candor surprise, this U.S. government approved snack contains chocolate cream and wafer balls instead of a chocolate egg.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, some diehard candy eaters in the USA weren't satisfied with this change, and they were willing to break the law to get their hands on the original.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now you might be imagining Kinder Surprise junkies meeting up with dealers in dark alleyways.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, these egg extremists actually order the candy from websites that illegally ship them to America and sell them for four times the amount they cost in Europe.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: US Custom seized over 60,000 illegal eggs in 2011.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And this trade is turned into a full-blown black market, as customers order the illicit candy online and hide them in their homes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I know forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest, but I still think that's pretty extreme.
• 4:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: In Japan, you can legally eat candor eggs, but the government doesn't want you to too many of them due to a peculiar and somewhat invasive law that was implemented to stop Japan's population from gaining weight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Metabella is a piece of legislation that requires everyone between the ages of 40 to 74 to have their waistlines measured by their employer every year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Like Shakira, Japan's government knows that your hips don't lie.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And if a man's waistline is measured to be above 33 and a half inches, and a woman is above 35.6, they'll be required to attend weight loss classes funded by their employer.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While the law doesn't explicitly make obesity illegal, if a company repeatedly fails to reduce their number of overweight employees, they'll be subject to fines.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And there are reports of big corporations receiving up to $19 million in fines for missing their targets.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The rule isn't enforced frequently, so some companies aren't particularly strict about the law.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, Panasonic reportedly gives their employees Matabo check towels that come equipped with tape measure like markings, allowing employees to keep track of their way-signs in the months leading up to their annual check-ups.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This sounds horrible, and I'm sure lots of Panasonic's employees have used their free towel a little way above their tears as their bosses accused them of being overweight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That being said, by comparison, I feel pretty lucky.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My boss never calls me fat.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: While the incompetent, morally bankrupt, the stain on humanity, sure, but never fat.
• 6:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're an outdoorsman, a hunter, or a pop star from 2002, you probably love wearing camo clothing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, in some parts of the world, it's completely illegal to wear camo flies.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And this crime against fashion could lead you in jail, and 12 different countries including Antigua, Barbados, and Jamaica wearing any camouflage is seen as an impersonation of the military, so each country has placed a blanket ban on wearing clothes with a camouflage pattern.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Some of these countries take the law incredibly seriously, and back in 2013, Granada's Assistant Commissioner of Police confirmed that the country has a zero tolerance policy on Camo, and anyone called wearing a camouflage pattern in any color could be fine $3,700, or jail for a year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In Nigeria, the ban on Camo extends to vehicles after the Army Color Act of 1977 made it illegal to own a vehicle painted in a color called Army Green.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This ban came after criminal started dressing as soldiers and panning their cars green to pull over passing motors and exploit them for money.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: To deal with the criminals, the government decided to ban these vehicles all together and make it illegal for any civilians to own or operate in Olive Green Car.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now realistically you're not going to mistake a granny and a green sedan or an eight-year-old in a camo hoodie for hardened criminals, but these countries will still treat them as a potential threat as the police can round them up and charge them with a crime.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If they can locate them in the first place that is,
• 7:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's move from the countries where camouflage is illegal to a place that's full of outdoorsmen dressed in camouflage clothing.
• 8:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Minnesota is known as the land of 10,000 lakes in its famous for its beautiful landscape and wildlife.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Minnesota's government cares a lot about their animals and their strangest law aims to protect the pigs that live in the state by making it a
• 8:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, for those of you who don't know, a Greece-Pig contest is a game-played at county fairs where a group of contestants chase a Greece-up pig around an attempt to grab it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The game is great fun for the contestants, but as the pig runs away in squeals and feared, probably isn't having such a good time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Minnesota's government decided that these contests were cruel, so in 1971 they specifically banned operating or taking part in a contest in which contestants try to capture a greased up pig.
• 8:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: This statute completely outlawed the contest, so if you attend a greased big contest in Minnesota and someone caused the other pigs, your butt is bacon, and you could spend up to 90 days in jail with a thousand dollar fine.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This law aims to protect pigs, but other animal cruelty laws also help to protect people from nature.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In Louisiana, the craziest reason that someone can go to jail isn't public intoxication on a money drop.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This state's wildest law is actually a ban on bare wrestling.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: With this law in place, you can kiss goodbye to your dreams of throwing on a singlet in attempting to buddy slam Louisiana's woodland creatures.
• 9:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Back in the 60s and 70s, Bear Wrestling was a popular sport in Louisiana, as men battled against 700 proud bears and bars and county fairs.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These matches drew in huge crowds until people started to realize that capturing a bear removing its claws and fighting it in a bar isn't particularly humane.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As a result, Louisiana decided to ban the sport in 1992, and as other states followed suit, beer wrestling was almost unanimously banned in America, ensuring that if you body slam a beer in the ring, you'll end up in the slammer.
• 10:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Now that beer wrestling is illegal, American buyers are forced to rely on pool, darts, and alcohol to entertain their patrons.
• 10:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: Trinking like a fish is a long-standing tradition in America, but in Ohio, there's a
• 10:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: This although high-end law explicitly makes it a legal to get a fish drunk, and the legislation has become legendary as several mainstream media organizations like Fox News and the BBC have reported on it.
• 10:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: Now this law isn't for this, but unsurprisingly, it wasn't actually created to stop you from going bar hopping with your pet pike.
• 10:41
  [SPEAKER_00]: The law was actually implemented as part of an act that fought against breweries pumping waste beer into rivers and intoxicating
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and intoxication in this case is lessen the drunk fun kind of way and more the fatal poisoning kind of way.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The legislation allowed the government to fight against breweries that were polluting Ohio's wildlife without calm, however the legislation has since been updated and in 1973 it was replaced by a law that prohibits pumping waste of any kind into the state's rivers, lakes, and ponds.
• 11:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: As a result, it's no longer explicitly illegal to get a fish drunk in Ohio, however, if you bring an aquatic friend to your local watering hole in order to beer, you'll probably get some funny looks, so it's best to leave the fish in its tank.
• 11:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: When it comes to flirting, I'm about to smooth ass sandpaper.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, in Haddon Township, New Jersey, my lack of game could save me from a trip to jail, due to an old mom that makes flirting illegal.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: In Haddon, if you try your best wrist on a stranger, you could literally be arrested.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And the Township's legislation specifically states, a person may not approach another person of the opposite sex in a public place and by wordsign or gesture attempt to become acquainted with that person against their will.
• 11:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: The law's ambiguous wording has left it up for interpretation, but most people note that if approaching someone of the opposite sex and attempted to become acquainted with them as illegal, and that essentially rules out pickup lines.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Others have noted that the laws use of the term against their will, places specific emphasis on consent, so it might have been created to target cat calling and harassment of people shouting suggestive comments at strangers,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Either way, whether the law is there to prevent genuine harassment or harmless flirting, if you visit the head and township, I would have a wood practicing your best big of lines, or you might pick up some criminal charges.
• 12:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Hands laws against flirting are thought to be a result of the area's traditional Christian roots, but it isn't the only place with laws that are rooted in religion.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Appalachia is a large region of America stretching from New York State to Mississippi that united by its beautiful mountains, traditional values, and total ban on an old Christian practice involving snake handling.
• 12:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: In the Bible passage, Mark 1618, Jesus promises his disciples that if they spread the gospel, they'll be able to pick up snakes and drink poison without being harmed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This passage was relatively little known until 1910 when a pentacostal minister called George Wayne Hensley introduced it to his ministry in Grasshopper Valley, Tennessee.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Hensley told us locked it one day while doubting his fate he climbed up a hill to parade.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As he knelt down at the top of the hill he saw snakes slithering in front of him.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: At this point, he claimed to have picked up the dangerous snake and carried it all the way back to his church without being bitten.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now it isn't clear if this story is actually true, but from that point on, Hensley incorporated snake handling into his services by bringing snakes into church and asking his flock to prove their faith by holding the serpents without being bitten.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Word of Hensley's sermons started to slither across Appalachia, and before long other pastors in the region started copying and by testing their flocks' faith with venomous snakes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As the ritual became popular, people started getting bitten, leading to over 120 documented casualties from the practice.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: These fatal accidents prompted every appellation state to outlaw bringing snakes into church.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Apart from West Virginia, whose state constitution doesn't allow any law to impede on a religious practice.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The other states took the law very seriously though, and in Georgia, snake handling was briefly made punishable by the death penalty, after a child succumbed to a bite in 1941.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Despite this band, George West-Hensley never stopped performing the rituals and in 1955, he passed away after being bitten by a snake during a secret service in an abandoned building.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After Hensley croaked almost all of the illegal services quickly died out too.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So the next time you want to take your pet snake to an appellation Sunday's service, you'll have to leave it in the car.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just make sure you crack the window.
• 14:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: Appalachia is known for its stunning wilderness, but now it's time for us to travel to the concrete jungle and check out one of the most interesting laws in New York City.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: From 2002 to 2013, Michael Bloomberg served as the mayor of New York and he made it his mission to introduce a lot of health regulations to the city.
• 15:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Mayor Bloomberg increased the tax on cigarettes and courage New Yorkers to exercise and introduced a law that required chain restaurants to display calorie information in their menus, as he tried to persuade citizens of the big Apple to trade burgers in fries for, well, big apples.
• 15:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: Mayor Bloomberg's laws were supported by public health experts, but not everyone in America agreed with them.
• 15:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Mississippi officials argued that their citizens should be able to eat giant restaurant portions without being shamed by the menu.
• 15:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: And a person's diet is none of the government's business.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The governor was so outraged by Bloomberg's regulations that he passed a law nicknamed the anti-bloomberg bill that specifically banned restaurants from displaying nutritional information on their menus, ensuring Mississippians never knew how many calories they were eating.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure lots of Mississippians were pretty happy with this ruling, however Mississippians been repeatedly ranked among the worst U.S. states for healthcare and obesity.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Still, they can always drown their hellsaros in another helping of Guild Free Mudpie.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Blitzfully unaware of the calorie content.
• 16:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's return to the Big Apple and look at one of New York's oldest and most unique laws.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: When I start talking about crimes against fashion, you probably picture someone wearing double denim or socks with sandals.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: However, some clothing-based crimes are a bit more serious, and in New York it's been a legal to wear a mask in public since 1845.
• 16:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: This law came about due to a number of violent protests in New York during the 1800s as farmers started dining masks and attacking policemen due to a drop in wheat prices.
• 16:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: The government dealt with these rights by making it illegal to be disguised by unusual or unnatural attire.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: or for groups of people together to gather while wearing masks.
• 17:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: From this point on, wearing a mask in public was considered bluitering, and the law was carried out as recently as 2011, when five people were arrested for taking part in a protest while wearing matching guy Fox masks.
• 17:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Now I'm technically cheating by including this law because the regulation was actually repealed in 2020 when it became necessary to wear a mask and public at all times.
• 17:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: However, it wasn't for the pandemic, this arcade law would still exist preventing mask enthusiasts from covering their faces in New York.
• 17:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thankfully, that's not the case.
• 17:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: Meaning, the BMA's mascot mask man hadn't met up, can go ahead as scheduled.
• 17:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: See you all there!
• 17:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's fly from New York to Germany, a land known for sausages, beer, and luxury cars.
• 17:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: German cars are known for their high speeds and drivers are able to test their limits on the Autobahn.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A German highway that has sections with no speed limit.
• 17:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: The highway is known for its lack-speeding laws, but it isn't completely lawless, and people attempting top speed records on the Autobahn need to make sure to fill up on gas, because it's technically illegal to run out of fuel while driving on the road.
• 18:11
  [SPEAKER_00]: While there isn't a law that explicitly says you can't run out of fuel, it's illegal to stop unnecessarily on the Autobot for any reason that's deemed avoidable, and the government don't make any excemions for people whose tanks are running low.
• 18:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Pino-Tiver stopping on the Autobot for longer than three minutes starts at $76, however, if you cause an accident in the process, you could receive an unlimited fine depending on the severity of the crash.
• 18:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: As a result, if you end up driving through Germany in the future, you should probably keep an extra Jerry can in your trunk because if you run out of gas and end up causing a collision, the police will pick you up and give you a free ride straight to court.
• 18:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: The world is still full of age-old questions that we might never be able to answer.
• 18:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: Like why are we here?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What happens when we die?
• 18:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: And why did the chicken really cross the road?
• 19:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: At some point or another we've all been asked about that damn chicken, but if someone from the town of Quitman, Georgia ever asks you why the chicken crossed the road, you should throw them to the ground and call the cops, because they're clearly an accomplice to a serious crime.
• 19:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: See Quitman seems like an ordinary town, but it's actually one of the only places in the world where it's officially illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
• 19:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: This might sound like a cheesy joke, but Kidman's legislation officially states that if you won't any domestic foul-like chickens, it's illegal to allow them to run at large upon the streets or alleys of the city, or to be upon the premises of any other person.
• 19:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: The law is no laughing matter, and it was created to ensure people keep their farm yard birds properly contained in all times, and don't let them roam on public property.
• 19:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: As a result, if you're equipment resident who lets their chicken roam free, you should quit man, or you'll be charged with a cry.
• 19:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: In Wisconsin, lots of people are forced to wear thick hats to fight against the cold and winter.
• 20:01
  [SPEAKER_00]: However, the state reportedly has some laws about what type of head gear you're allowed to wear, due to an infamous stagewit that prohibits you from entering the state while wearing a chicken on your head.
• 20:12
  [SPEAKER_00]: That's right, the only place was Constance government wants you to store your chicken as in a coop or on your plate, and this ludicrous legislation has received a lot of attention online as medicines have questioned why the law was passed, or why a person would want to wear a bird on their head in the first place.
• 20:29
  [SPEAKER_00]: As crazy as the law seems, it isn't particularly unique, and just one state over in Minnesota, it's reportedly illegal to enter with a duck on top of your head, making the border between the two states of Bird Free Zone.
• 20:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: These laws are infamous in both states, and there are several articles online discussing them, often questioning whether the Statue of Bands wearing live or plucked poultry is head-gear.
• 20:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: However, Minnesota's law library has waited on the issue explaining that there's no evidence that either of these states has ever actually held these laws, and they're likely nothing but an urban myth.
• 21:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: It would seem the same also applies to the Wisconsin Chicken Head Law.
• 21:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: It isn't clear how these myths started, but despite what countless online articles suggest they do appear to be made up.
• 21:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: So, if you ever visit either of these dates, you can feel free to put the chic and chicken and place any bird you want on your nugget.
• 21:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: All this chicken talk has got me feeling pretty cooped up, so let's escape to the hundred-acre wood and check out a law that concerns a very famous bear.
• 21:31
  [SPEAKER_00]: Winnie the Pooh is one of the most beloved characters in the world, but not everyone is a fan.
• 21:37
  [SPEAKER_00]: This became clear back in 2021 when the town of Tushen and Pauline were choosing a cartoon character to become the mascot for a new playground.
• 21:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: One council member innocently suggested using Winnie the Pooh and to their shocks some of the members of the town's council were outraged.
• 21:54
  [SPEAKER_00]: They stated that the bear was a modestly dressed and liked a gender dubbing him and an appropriate hermaffered eye, due to his lack of trousers and missing male anatomy.
• 22:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: As the council descended into chaos, one official kept the piece by stating that they'd use a Polish cartoon bear called Uzatek.
• 22:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Instead, noting that the bear was created and bollined and was fully dressed from the waist down.
• 22:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, two Shins' council decided to keep one of the poo off their playgrounds, but the band wasn't actually written into law.
• 22:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: And contrast though, China's government has placed genuine legal restrictions on the cartoon bear.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After people started making memes that compared one of the poo's appearance to China's president Xi Jinping.
• 22:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Wenny the Poo is a lovable character, but she still didn't take kindly to the comparisons, so the government placed a ban on certain depictions of the bear.
• 22:43
  [SPEAKER_00]: Images that compare him to the character are completely outlawed and in the Chinese version of the game Kingdom Hearts 3, Wenny was censored with a glowing white orb.
• 22:53
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Chinese government take this law incredibly seriously, and in 2018 a Chinese college student was jailed for six
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  [SPEAKER_00]: there's only one response for that.
• 23:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Some people really can't take a joke.
• 23:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to stay on the topic of poo now, moving from a cut the yellow bear to a log that's based on genuine doggy doodle.
• 23:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Everyone stepped in dog poop at some point, but the government and Capri Italy want to make it a thing of the past.
• 23:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: By using one of their most unique laws to punish irresponsible pet owners.
• 23:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: In Capri, there's a pre-existing law that requires every dog owner to have their pooch undergo a blood test to check them for diseases.
• 23:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: This law was introduced to keep dog's healthy, but in 2011 Capri's mayor proposed using their database of dog DNA to perform tests on dog poop left on the island streets to help them identify the offending dogs behind the mask.
• 23:50
  [SPEAKER_00]: The government's special unit of CSI's OR, crappy sidewalk investigators will use the long arm of the law to pick up a fending dog poop before using it to track the dogs under down and slap them with a $2,100 fine for not picking up after their K9 friends.
• 24:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: This law might seem extreme, but to be fair tourism is one of Capri's biggest industries and nobody wants to go on vacation to an island that's covered in duty.
• 24:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, except dogs, probably.
• 24:17
  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's move from a law that forces you to pick up your dog's boot to another statute that's based on politeness.
• 24:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: And Canada nothing's more important than good manners, and when you go shopping in the great white north, the government is made sure you can and convenience the country's cash years by placing a legal limit on the number of coins that you can use for a single transaction.
• 24:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: The Currency Act of 1985 states that you can use no more than 25 pennies, 100 nickels, 100 dimes, 40 quarters, 25 one dollar coins, or 22 dollar coins per transaction.
• 24:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: If you use more coins than these, said limits, then the vendor can refuse to accept them, and the law was created to stop people from paying for expensive items, with hundreds of coins in forcing retailer workers to count them.
• 25:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: To those of us who don't live in the Maple Nation, the Statue it seems pretty wacking, and we can just imagine the unbridled rage this much trigger in grandma's everywhere.
• 25:09
  [SPEAKER_00]: However, when we look at what happens in countries that don't have this low, it starts to make sense.
• 25:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: Back in 2015, an American student called Stephen Coil was hit with a $110 ticket, after illegally parking at the University of North Carolina.
• 25:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: When it came time to pay the fine, Steven decided to inconvenience the college by paying it with 11,000 pennies.
• 25:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Steven visited several banks to collect the money and when he brought it to UNCC's campus in five giant boxes.
• 25:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: The parking officials were forced to spend three hours and 40 minutes counting the cash before accepting the payment, as it was all paid in legal tender.
• 25:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: America's big bald eagle of freedom meant that Stephen Stunt was completely legal.
• 25:52
  [SPEAKER_00]: However, his method of payment and convenience both the staff at the bank and the university and operated on a level of impoliteness that's officially illegal in Canada.
• 26:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: So are you booted, Eddie?
• 26:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, it looks like you've served your sentence as we end our journey through the things that you didn't know where illegal.
• 26:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Which ludicrous law was your favorite, and have you committed any of these crimes in real life?
• 26:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for listening to the podcast, we'll see you again next time you'll want to be amazed.