It is illegal for women in Florida to fall asleep under a hairdryer

There is an anti-flirting law in New-York, and residents can be fined 25$ for loking at someone twice "in that way"

In Rajasthan, India, carrot seeds are thought to be a contraceptive, and women are required by law to eat them in a bid to help control the population

In Hartford, Connecticut, an 18th century law forbids to "teach or endeavour to try and educate a dog"

A law in Kentucky states that locals must bathe once a year

In Wilbur, Washington, it's illegal to ride "an ugly horse" in public or you could be fined $300

Under an old law in Birmingham, Alabama, couples can be fined $25 if they make love "on the steps of any church after the sun goes down" (parce qu'avant, ca ne pose pas de probleme?)

Bird lovers in Longburn, New-Zealand, passed a law stating that all cats are to wear at least three bells when they are outdoors...

Legislation was passed in the 1900s in Florida banning unmarried women from going parachuting on a Sunday

Et ma preferee: in Melbourne, Australia, under a 100-year-old law, it's illegal "for a man to appear in public wearing a strapless gown"...

(Extraits de crazy laws and lawsuits de Robert Allen)