Weirdest Laws In History That Actually Existed

Aug 10, 2023

Weirdest Laws In History That Actually Existed

Here are the weirdest laws in history - and some that still exist!
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0.319 -> from telling you which side of the road

2.76 -> to drive on to punishing people for

4.98 -> stealing your iPhone the law is the

7.14 -> rulebook that keeps ordered Society from

9.36 -> descending into chaos laws have been

12.179 -> laid down for hundreds of years and some

14.219 -> of them were seriously strange from

16.98 -> Banning crying at funerals to making

19.32 -> Christmas illegal but while they may

22.26 -> seem outdated unbelievably some of them

24.6 -> are still in force today alongside even

27.06 -> newer and wackier rules from fake

29.88 -> mustache misdemeanors to poop emoji jail

32.399 -> time it's time to take a look at the

34.559 -> weirdest laws that have ever existed

37.5 -> foreign

39 -> [Music]

45.48 -> now in most parts of the world today the

48.059 -> rule is that you're considered innocent

50.16 -> until proven guilty over 5000 years ago

53.64 -> in ancient Egypt they played the Uno

56.039 -> reverse card on that assumption and you

58.079 -> were guilty until proven innocent that's

60.899 -> because they believed a truly innocent

62.879 -> person would never have been accused of

64.619 -> a crime in the first place worse still

67.26 -> were the punishments instead of serving

69.36 -> long sentences Behind Bars those found

71.4 -> guilty could be exiled to Nubia and put

74.28 -> a grueling work in the minds although

76.92 -> most crimes in ancient Egypt are still

78.9 -> recognizable offenses today such as

81.06 -> theft and homicide meanwhile in ancient

83.759 -> China they had a whole series of

85.5 -> peculiar laws to punish bizarre acts and

88.5 -> their Yuan Dynasty that lasted from 1279

91.38 -> to 1368 A.D butchers had to be careful

94.74 -> how they displayed their chickens as it

97.02 -> was illegal to hang one upside down to

99.78 -> do so was seen as disrespecting the

102 -> emperor whose zodiac sign was the

104.1 -> rooster and while these days these men

106.079 -> like Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr

108 -> want to appear taller in the ancient

109.979 -> Chen Dynasty that ruled China from 221

112.92 -> to 206 BC everyone wanted to beat Danny

115.86 -> Devito's height according to the 18 laws

118.68 -> of chin men under 4 feet 11 and women

121.32 -> under 4 feet 8 couldn't be convicted of

123.84 -> any crime that's because birth records

126.119 -> of the time were incomplete so it was

127.86 -> difficult to verify one's age therefore

130.38 -> height was used instead so if someone

132.72 -> was planning a crime spree in ancient

134.52 -> China it was best to deploy the trick of

136.8 -> tying their shoes around their knees but

139.56 -> if someone got caught stealing the worst

142.02 -> thing they could do is turn on the

143.7 -> Waterworks under the Qin dynasty men

146.34 -> were forbidden to cry if an adult man

149.04 -> was found crying in public his beard and

151.02 -> eyebrows would be shaved off as

152.64 -> punishment because the Qin dynasty was

154.98 -> well known for its worship of warrior

157.02 -> Traditions it's believed tears were seen

159.3 -> as a weakness and so this mutilation

161.58 -> reflected the temporary loss of the

163.68 -> Marshall Spirit wow imagine Megan crying

166.86 -> illegal these days especially when

169.44 -> sometimes it's just unavoidable like at

171.54 -> a funeral over 2 000 years ago the

173.94 -> ancient Romans were even stricter and

176.28 -> banned women from crying at funerals a

179.04 -> harsh law to have but one that served a

181.44 -> purpose to prevent funerals getting out

183.42 -> of hand a Roman funeral usually involved

186.48 -> A procession where people would walk

188.099 -> down the street with the body the more

190.319 -> people crying meant the more the person

192.12 -> was missed so to impress neighbors

194.58 -> wealthy families would hire actors to

196.86 -> scream and cry and even pull out their

199.019 -> own hair the dramatic performances got

201.42 -> so extreme that a law had to be passed

203.64 -> Banning women crying at funerals to

205.56 -> prevent families hiring actors hmm maybe

208.8 -> we should pass a new law to prevent

210.36 -> YouTubers from releasing any more of

212.28 -> those terrible fake crying apology

214.26 -> videos

216.06 -> foreign

217.22 -> legal eagle

219.36 -> the forefathers of the USA lay down the

222 -> constitution in 1787 to govern all

225.36 -> American states now article 6 paragraph

228.12 -> 2 of the U.S Constitution asserts the

230.7 -> supremacy of federal law over state law

233.7 -> though this is only for state laws that

235.92 -> directly contradict the Constitution

238.019 -> which in true gun-toting flag wave in

240.9 -> Walmart by an American fashion means

243.42 -> there's nothing to stop State Governors

245.04 -> from laying down some very specific and

247.379 -> ridiculous state laws now most American

249.959 -> teenagers spend their days making tick

252 -> tocks or playing video games but not

254.34 -> this kid oh no instead of a PlayStation

257.16 -> these kids decided to sell his boredom

259.5 -> by pouring salt on railroad tracks are

262.68 -> are the kids all right in Alabama weird

265.02 -> as it seems this is actually a niche Act

267.6 -> of teenage rebellion because thanks to a

270 -> law passed back in the 19th century it's

272.46 -> illegal to pour salt on a railway track

274.56 -> in Alabama

275.9 -> very specific but it did once serve a

280.02 -> purpose when Alabama was an open range

282 -> state with cattle roaming the land

283.68 -> Farmers would lure sick cows to the

285.96 -> tracks with a tasty Salt Lake after the

288.12 -> cow was hit by a train the farmers would

289.8 -> sue the railway company for compensation

291.54 -> of the price of a healthy cow so the law

294.06 -> was passed to bring this salty scam to

296.4 -> an end well there's no denying that

298.44 -> video is a weird way to express your

300.36 -> teenage angst even with the sound

302.699 -> effects

306.54 -> while this is a state law with an

308.58 -> extremely narrow purpose other state

310.86 -> laws have been brought in to apply to

312.54 -> literally one person such as in

315.3 -> Fairbanks Alaska in 1917 where one

318.18 -> Tavern owner kept bringing his pet moose

320.46 -> into the bar and getting a drop before

322.74 -> allowing it to go on a drunken Rampage

324.84 -> across town officials weren't amused by

328.38 -> this behavior and unable to pass a law

330.96 -> keeping moves sober they instead made it

333.3 -> illegal for a moose to be on a sidewalk

335.4 -> which prevented the moves from entering

337.5 -> the bar yes these guys didn't think of

339.6 -> trying the back entrance weird state

342.06 -> laws aren't just a thing of the last

343.86 -> century though on Alabama's state

346.08 -> legislature under Section

348.62 -> 13a-12-1 it's still illegal to wear a

352.259 -> fake mustache in church that causes

354.3 -> laughter if it's laughter they're trying

356.58 -> to ban from churches they probably

358.02 -> should have outlawed snoring and farting

360.12 -> as well and since Alabama is a Bible

362.34 -> Belt State don't even think about

364.44 -> dressing up like a priest for Halloween

366.72 -> otherwise you could end up with a 500

368.94 -> fine or a one-year jail sentence

371.84 -> technically under the state code it's

374.1 -> illegal to dress up like a priest or

375.78 -> impersonate any member of a religious

377.82 -> clergy on any day of the year so no

380.759 -> Friar Tucker Sister Act extras here and

383.52 -> Alabama isn't the only state to get

385.62 -> tough on Halloween because in the city

387.6 -> of Chesapeake Virginia it's illegal for

390.12 -> anyone over the age of 14 to go

392.16 -> trick-or-treating to supposedly prevent

394.44 -> hooliganism it's classified as a class

397.38 -> IV misdemeanor punishable by a fine of

399.66 -> up to 250 dollars the same fine also

402.96 -> applies for trick-or-treating past 8 PM

405.38 -> jeez this is a city where officials are

408.12 -> just anti-fun meanwhile in Louisiana

410.759 -> sending a friend of meat lovers Pizza

412.979 -> could serve you with a 500 fine that's

416.22 -> because under Louisiana revised statutes

419.66 -> 1468.6 it's considered harassment as

423 -> you're trying to stick someone with the

424.56 -> bill for something they didn't order for

426.419 -> even stricter food laws hop a couple

429.06 -> States over to the city of Gainesville

430.86 -> Georgia where it's illegal to eat fried

433.74 -> chicken with a knife and fork wait who

436.259 -> the heck is eating fried chicken with a

437.639 -> knife and fork when you have two

439.44 -> perfectly good Forks at the end of your

441.24 -> arms luckily this law is rarely enforced

444.3 -> because it was brought in as part of a

446.16 -> PR campaign in 1961 to make Georgia the

448.979 -> Fried Chicken capital of the U.S however

451.62 -> this publicity stunt failed because as

453.9 -> we all know in the states the McDonald's

455.759 -> of fried chicken is KFC and that K

458.88 -> stands for Kentucky another state law

461.46 -> that has never been enforced is one that

463.68 -> applies to a mythical creature that is

466.5 -> in Skamania County Washington it's

469.34 -> hang on I need to do this without

471.36 -> laughing it's illegal to kill bigfoot

474.479 -> not because he isn't real but because

476.819 -> he's technically classified as an

478.979 -> endangered species yet another reason

481.44 -> for all those Bigfoot conspiracies to be

483.9 -> disappointed hopefully they won't vent

486.3 -> their frustration on the phone to their

488.039 -> friends in Virginia as under Section 18

490.08 -> of the state code it's illegal to use

492.18 -> root language on the phone in fact

494.4 -> Virginia has multiple telephone related

496.38 -> misdemeanor level crimes including

499.199 -> causing a pager to ring with intent to

502.02 -> annoy is anyone who's not an American TV

504.66 -> Doctor actually own pagers anymore I

507.12 -> thought they died out with the floppy

508.5 -> disk the Walkman and the dinosaurs but

511.319 -> as strict as it seems Virginia state law

513.539 -> can hold a candle to the United Arab

515.82 -> Emirates where swearing in text messages

517.86 -> or social media could get you arrested

520.62 -> under article 373 of the UAE Penal Code

523.979 -> swearing disgraces the honor or the

526.62 -> modesty of a person and as a result the

529.14 -> UAE has some of the world's strictest

531.42 -> cyber crime laws it's a criminal offense

534.12 -> to use rude or abusive language in text

536.279 -> messages and that includes rude emojis

538.92 -> such as the poop emoticon oh man if I

542.16 -> was in the UAE I'd be put in jail so

544.5 -> fast that's basically the only Emoji I

547.2 -> use amazingly one British woman faced up

549.839 -> to two years in jail and a 140 thousand

553.56 -> dollar fine after dropping the F-bomb on

555.66 -> a roommate in a private WhatsApp message

557.88 -> though luckily her lawyers were able to

560.22 -> drop the charges to deportation and a

562.62 -> smaller fine of 726 dollars the U.S may

565.98 -> be full of crazy state laws but at least

568.019 -> the Constitution's first amendment

569.76 -> protects freedom of speech so I'm free

572.22 -> to use as many poop Peach and eggplant

574.74 -> emojis as I like

578.1 -> Maple lawyer

580.08 -> Oh Canada the nation of moose maple

584.339 -> syrup and extreme lightness saying sorry

587.459 -> is so reflexive in Canada that there are

589.98 -> literal laws such as the apology act in

592.38 -> Ontario that declares someone saying

594.66 -> sorry cannot be used as evidence of

596.76 -> guilt in a court case but historically

599.339 -> Canada has had some much weirder loss to

602.04 -> contend with in the early 20th century

604.26 -> there were multiple battles between the

606.24 -> breakfast spreads in Canada resulting in

608.82 -> margarine being banned from 1886 to

611.959 -> 1917. the dairy industry had taken

614.64 -> insult at margarine manufactures adding

616.92 -> yellow food coloring to make margarine

618.779 -> look more like butter the margarine

621.06 -> bands briefly lifted during wartime

622.86 -> shortages but margarine only became

625.14 -> fully legal again in 1948. man I do not

629.339 -> envy the Smugglers of the time I bet

631.62 -> they get so confused whether their

633.06 -> customers were asking for Mary Jane or

635.22 -> margarine but butter isn't the only

637.68 -> mundane thing Canada's laws come down

639.66 -> hard on in Canada Ontario a city bylaw

643.44 -> once made it illegal for you to paint

645.24 -> your garage door purple a violet garage

647.82 -> door could have landed you with a 100

649.68 -> fine before he was Amalgamated with

652.86 -> Ottawa the law stated only earth tones

655.2 -> like beige green and gray could be used

657.899 -> to paint a property in line with a

660.12 -> city-wide homeowners association ruling

662.459 -> while that's pretty ugly Canada is full

665.04 -> of Natural Beauty from its waterfalls to

667.44 -> its national parks but if you plan on

669.72 -> taking your pets along for a hike you'll

671.88 -> need to read the rules first because

673.68 -> it's illegal to bring a llama into a

675.72 -> Canadian National Park wait am I reading

678.6 -> that right yep seems like I am llama

681.6 -> that popular Canadian pet while horses

684.36 -> and donkeys can be brought in for

685.86 -> recreational use under an umbrella

688.2 -> permit llamas require special permits of

690.66 -> their own to just be there this is due

693.42 -> to concerns that llamas May transmit

695.399 -> rare diseases to the wildlife found in

697.56 -> National Parks such as sheep though

699.24 -> critics of the law of Clan that this

701.16 -> fear is unsubstantiated hmm doesn't say

704.64 -> anything about alpacas though does it I

706.86 -> mean they look similar but they are

708.36 -> different animals don't tell the Rangers

710.279 -> but I think I might have found a loop in

712.019 -> the system here guys however not all of

714.6 -> Canada's laws are so cute and quirky

716.64 -> another involves a cruel and inhumane

719.279 -> practice as it's a legal requirement to

721.98 -> listen to Justin Bieber playing the

724.14 -> bieb's music is a mandated form of

726.24 -> Canadian torture sorry patriotism bylaw

730.32 -> in Canada all radio stations have to

732.6 -> play Canadian artists on the airwaves at

734.94 -> least 35 percent of the time between the

737.339 -> hours of 6 a.m to 6 P.M Monday to Friday

740.399 -> man I'd rather be thrown in jail than

743.16 -> spend an hour listening to Nickelback

745.079 -> every day well following through on that

747.54 -> plan a Surefire way for me to get

749.459 -> arrested in Canada would involve a clown

751.62 -> costume a large cardboard box and a

754.019 -> royal visit can you work out the

755.94 -> connection well jumping out like a Jack

758.519 -> In The Box would give King Charles

760.32 -> terrible fry and in Canada it's a

763.019 -> treasonous offense to scare the Monarch

765.42 -> previously this crime could be punished

767.459 -> with up to 14 years in prison however

770.519 -> this law was repealed back in 2018 so

773.399 -> I'll go and get my clown costume ready

775.38 -> for the king's next North American tour

779.7 -> game of skulls

781.98 -> England is one of the oldest countries

784.079 -> in Europe so it's no surprise there's

786.24 -> tons of old laws in the history books

788.76 -> but did you know there was a law created

790.62 -> in the 17th century that literally

792.839 -> canceled Christmas yep and a move

795.72 -> Scrooge himself would be proud of the

797.94 -> English made Christmas illegal following

801 -> the English Civil War when hated King

803.22 -> Charles the first had his head lopped

805.68 -> off sir Oliver Cromwell Rose to power

808.32 -> and ruled England Cromwell was a strict

811.079 -> Puritan and deemed Christmas to be a

813.42 -> wild Pagan Festival because the 25th of

815.94 -> December was not a named day in the

818.1 -> Bible so in 1647 he made Christmas

821.12 -> illegal shops and markets were required

823.92 -> to stay open on December 25th and

825.959 -> soldiers patrolled the Streets of London

827.94 -> seizing any turkeys cranberry sauce and

830.459 -> mince pies despite Cromwell being a

832.92 -> total Scrooge the Christmas spirit could

834.839 -> not be dampened across the country there

837.3 -> were widespread protests and illegal

839.279 -> turkeys eaten regardless and yet it

841.68 -> wasn't until 1660 that the Christmas ban

844.44 -> was officially revoked when Cromwell was

846.959 -> removed in the rightful King of England

848.7 -> King Charles II was returned to the

851.519 -> throne it's a Christmas miracle although

854.519 -> a Christmas man hasn't been the only

856.2 -> long totally ignored in the UK in fact

859.139 -> there are series of laws Brits break

861 -> every single day binge drinking culture

863.339 -> is famous in the UK and people can be

865.38 -> seen celebrating happy hour at any time

867.779 -> however according to section 12 of the

870.48 -> licensing act 1872 it's illegal to be

873.66 -> drunk in a bar even the bar man could

876.66 -> get into trouble is under the

877.92 -> Metropolitan Police act 1839 it's

880.8 -> illegal for the keeper of a public house

882.779 -> also known as a pub to permit

885 -> drunkenness on the premises and this

887.22 -> isn't some outdated 19th century law

889.26 -> recent laws have been updated such as

891.6 -> the licensing act 2003 which makes it an

894.48 -> offense to sell alcohol to a person who

896.88 -> is drunk who is the UK government

898.74 -> fooling they can impose as many laws as

901.139 -> they like but that's it's not going to

902.699 -> stop the Brit's boozy Behavior even the

904.98 -> licensing Act of 1872 has special rules

907.8 -> to govern the UK's hard drinking Farmers

910.139 -> as it's still illegal to be in charge of

912.3 -> a horse or cow while drunk remember kids

915 -> don't drink and ride and when it comes

917.88 -> to Animal Welfare the UK is surprisingly

920.339 -> strict don't get caught sneaking around

922.199 -> with a salmon as it's illegal to handle

924.779 -> the salmon under suspicious

926.339 -> circumstances though as strange as this

928.92 -> law may sound the salmon act 1986 is

932.1 -> actually designed to crack down on

934.079 -> salmon poaching and prevent the sale of

936.18 -> salmon caught from an illegal Source let

938.639 -> the UK's fish laws don't end there

940.62 -> according to a medieval law dated back

943.139 -> to 1324 the king owns all the dolphins

946.86 -> and whales within 3.1 miles of the UK's

950.16 -> Coastline so he rules over both the

952.68 -> nation of Wales and the UK's population

954.779 -> of well whales though the king's

957.48 -> menagerie of animals doesn't stop in

959.459 -> Wales poor corgis as he also who owns

962.699 -> all the unclaimed Swans in the country

964.62 -> the king's flock of swans in the River

966.839 -> Thames tributaries is counted every year

969.24 -> in a five-day event known as the swan

971.639 -> upping where the king gets to learn the

973.68 -> number of his fine Feathered Friends so

975.839 -> don't go bothering the swans unless you

977.699 -> want to feel the king's Fury but man do

980.1 -> you know how vicious swans can be there

982.199 -> have been incidents of swan encounters

984.06 -> ending in broken arms if I ever have to

986.579 -> go near one of those beastly Birds I'll

988.5 -> need a suit of armor but I'd have to

990.48 -> steer clear of the UK's government

991.86 -> building the houses of Parliament

993.72 -> because since 1313 it's been illegal to

996.54 -> enter parliament in a suit of armor it

998.519 -> was enacted after noblemen of the time

1000.32 -> would come to Parliament armed among

1002.42 -> Rising tangents so this law prevented

1004.699 -> them from suiting up and hashing out

1006.139 -> their differences with swords while on

1007.82 -> the floor though it's a law that remains

1009.86 -> active to this day I guess the only

1011.959 -> outfit suitable for Parliament now is a

1015.139 -> suit in time

1017.74 -> kangaroo court

1019.579 -> Australia may seem like it has a

1021.68 -> laid-back casual culture but down under

1023.72 -> the law books tell a different story

1025.699 -> take flying a kite for instance a

1028.22 -> perfectly peaceful way to spend an

1029.78 -> afternoon but in the state of Victoria

1031.339 -> flying a kite could land you with a 550

1034.459 -> dollar fine the law applies to any kind

1036.86 -> flown to the annoyance of any person

1039.079 -> under section 4 of the summary offenses

1041.48 -> act 1966 and Victoria's strict state

1044.6 -> laws don't just restrict your activities

1046.699 -> at the park they also come down hard on

1049.34 -> spring cleaning too turns out it's an

1051.5 -> offense to make any and I quote

1053.5 -> unreasonable noise with a vacuum cleaner

1056.24 -> after 10 pm the law even applies to

1058.82 -> early risers as it's illegal to

1060.5 -> vigorously vacuum before 7 A.M on

1063.08 -> weekdays and 9 A.M on weekends this is

1066.38 -> under section 48a of the environment

1068.48 -> protection act 1970 breach of which

1071 -> could result in a whopping 13 200 fine

1074.74 -> crikey that's a steep price to pay to

1077.539 -> clean up some late night cookie crumbs

1079.28 -> men night vacuuming isn't the only thing

1081.679 -> that could land you a hefty fine in

1083.299 -> Southern Australia though if you're ever

1085.58 -> invited to an Aussie wedding when the

1087.74 -> priest asks if anyone has any objections

1089.84 -> keep your mouth shut otherwise you could

1092.179 -> end up with a seven thousand dollar fine

1093.799 -> or Worse two years imprisonment this is

1096.98 -> according to the summary offenses act 7A

1099.38 -> which states that any person who

1101.12 -> intentionally disturbs a wedding or a

1103.1 -> funeral is committing a criminal act I

1105.62 -> guess instead of speaking now I'll be

1107.6 -> forever holding my peace and if you

1109.88 -> thought the law might be more relaxed in

1111.86 -> Sydney then you'd be mistaken because

1114.14 -> the cops double up as Fashion Police no

1117.32 -> seriously back in 2016 a taxi driver was

1119.96 -> fined seventy dollars by police for

1121.76 -> wearing the wrong color shoes Sydney

1124.34 -> police viewed brown shoes as a crime

1126.32 -> against fashion and find the taxi driver

1128.179 -> under the nsw passenger transport act

1130.88 -> 1990 which requires an approved Network

1133.76 -> uniform though the ACT says nothing

1136.1 -> about brown shoes specifically in fact

1138.62 -> after the taxi driver ever who worked

1140.419 -> for Uber which has no set uniform

1142.28 -> contested the fine charges were soon

1144.44 -> dropped looks like the only offense here

1146.539 -> was committed by the Sydney police who

1148.4 -> had a criminal lack of taste however one

1151.16 -> law that could initiate a full police

1153.14 -> response is something spectacular under

1156.2 -> the marketing of potatoes act 1946

1158.72 -> police had the authority to stop and

1160.88 -> search any vehicle suspected of carrying

1163.28 -> more than the wonderfully specific

1164.78 -> amount of 110 pounds of potatoes that's

1167.78 -> because the potato marketing Corporation

1169.7 -> held a lot of sway back in the day and

1172.4 -> made it illegal for anyone to sell by or

1174.98 -> deliver more than 110 pounds of potatoes

1177.86 -> without them knowing and though this law

1180.38 -> may seem star-shraving mad it remained

1183.38 -> in force in Western Australia up to 2021

1186.02 -> makes you wonder what dirt the potato

1188.299 -> marketing board had on the lawmakers

1190.34 -> over there one of the weirdest of the

1192.44 -> country's laws of all also comes from

1194.66 -> Western Australia where it's illegal to

1197.059 -> collect seabird or bat poo without out a

1200.12 -> special Pooh collector's license under

1202.34 -> Section 387 of the criminal codec 1913.

1206.12 -> now this may seem like a totally gross

1208.64 -> law because who goes around collecting

1210.559 -> poo yuck but you'd be surprised what a

1213.26 -> big business this used to be known as

1215.419 -> guano the fecal matter collected from

1217.4 -> seabirds such as penguins and cormorants

1219.62 -> as well as bats was a highly desirable

1222.38 -> fertilizer this poo is jam-packed with

1225.14 -> nitrogen phosphate and potassium all key

1228.02 -> nutrients that plants need to grow

1229.82 -> however this fecal excavation resulted

1232.4 -> in the loss of millions of seabirds as

1234.62 -> their habitats were destroyed so this

1236.96 -> law was brought in to restrict this

1239.38 -> meanwhile the use of guano these days

1242.059 -> has largely been replaced by chemically

1244.28 -> manufactured fertilizers so the Penguins

1246.98 -> can finally poop in peace

1249.679 -> foreign

1250.82 -> Justice

1253.7 -> Europe is a hugely diverse continent

1256.039 -> spanning from warm sunny Greece to the

1258.38 -> icy cold depths of Russia and with such

1261.08 -> a rich history tied to this land mass

1263.059 -> there are lots of loopy laws that have

1265.34 -> been laying down over the years take

1267.62 -> 17th century Russia where you might

1269.66 -> think one of the worst crimes was theft

1271.52 -> but instead pulling out the Monopoly

1273.62 -> board could have landed you in even more

1275.419 -> trouble Czar Alexis who ruled from 1629

1279.32 -> to 1676 adored foreign board games like

1282.74 -> chess and checkers but in an attempt to

1285.14 -> keep up his strict Pious appearance he

1287.299 -> banned all board games for his citizens

1289.52 -> under the 1649 council code though the

1292.58 -> man laws of Russian rulers didn't stop

1294.559 -> there as following that in 1698 Emperor

1297.799 -> Peter the first enforced a beard tax in

1300.919 -> order to conform with what he believed

1302.419 -> to be European ideals he required that

1304.82 -> townsmen be charged 60 rubles annually

1306.98 -> to keep a beard prayerfully equivalent

1309.5 -> to about fifty dollars at the time which

1311.84 -> would now be around 3000 and dollars for

1315.02 -> a beard that cost nothing to grow the

1317.659 -> police were ordered to shave any man who

1320 -> refused to pay the tax ah no anything

1322.82 -> but the dreaded baby face and while the

1325.4 -> czar's police force were armed with

1326.96 -> razors in 20th century Greece the police

1329.179 -> patrolled the streets with measuring

1331.28 -> tapes apparently the dictatorship of

1333.679 -> General Theodore's pangalos was

1335.84 -> exceptionally brief only lasting from

1338.059 -> 1925 to 1926 though in that time he laid

1341.78 -> down Draconian laws and forbade women to

1344.179 -> wear skirts higher than 10 inches off

1346.159 -> the ground fortunately for the Greek

1348.08 -> women the skirt law lasted as short a

1350.6 -> time as general pangalos's rule though

1353.059 -> modesty laws weren't as strictly

1354.74 -> European invention either as in the U.S

1357.38 -> there were a series of laws in the 1920s

1359.78 -> that banned women from showing their

1361.46 -> legs in swimsuits while during World War

1363.86 -> II a shortage of nylon used to make

1365.84 -> modesty guarding stockings meant women

1367.82 -> had to resort to using marker pads to

1370.34 -> draw stream lines on the back of their

1372.08 -> legs to be seen barely legged in those

1374.48 -> days was a social Scandal crazy right I

1377.659 -> bet last centuries lawmakers would lose

1379.52 -> it if they were alive today

1383.679 -> God's a naked cuff

1385.94 -> my God is that a knee don't you know

1388.52 -> dignity ends at the ankle times have

1390.919 -> changed but not all of the laws are up

1392.96 -> to date imposed in 1801 shockingly

1395.78 -> old-fashioned law in France banned women

1397.82 -> from wearing trousers and required that

1400.34 -> women needed the permission of the local

1402.26 -> police to no joke dressed like a man

1404.84 -> with the exception of wearing trousers

1406.76 -> when riding a bike or on Horseback

1408.679 -> though ignored for decades this law was

1411.2 -> only officially repealed as late as

1413.36 -> 2013. thankfully this sexist relic of a

1416.78 -> law has been retired to the Crypt but

1418.7 -> that leads us to an even weirder French

1420.98 -> law now Paris may be known as the city

1423.44 -> of love but French laws take romance to

1426.14 -> a whole new Extreme as in France you can

1428.72 -> legally marry the dead known as nekogami

1432.74 -> it is an official ceremony where one can

1435.38 -> marry their deceased partner permitted

1437.48 -> under article 171 of the civil code it

1440.6 -> was an especially common practice after

1442.58 -> World War One when women wanted to

1444.5 -> assure the legitimacy of their children

1446.419 -> after their wartime sweetheart sadly

1448.58 -> perished on the front lines around 50

1450.799 -> requests for posthumous marriages are

1452.78 -> made in France every year I guess Love

1455.36 -> Never Dies marrying the dead isn't the

1457.88 -> only way the law tackles the Grim Reaper

1460.039 -> death may be inevitable but one law has

1462.44 -> done the impossible and made death

1464.179 -> itself illegal or at least one mayor of

1466.94 -> longsharon Village in Granada Spain

1469.039 -> tried to in 1999. back then he banned

1472.159 -> any of the Villages 4 000 residents from

1474.559 -> dying though this mayor isn't as foolish

1476.96 -> as he sounds instead it was a Savvy

1479.299 -> political move to draw attention to the

1481.159 -> fact the local Cemetery had become full

1483.08 -> and the village needed permission to

1485.179 -> expand ultimately as far as the law can

1487.82 -> reach it'll never manage to throw the

1489.74 -> Grim Reaper in jail

1491.72 -> what did you think was the craziest

1494 -> historical law and which of the wacky

1496.28 -> modern laws would you find the hardest

1497.9 -> to follow let me know down in the

1499.7 -> comments below and thanks for watching

1502.85 -> [Music]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8FARsFxP30