Crazy Facts About Laws

Interesting and Crazy Facts About Laws

• During the eighteenth century, laws had to be brought in to curb the seemingly insatiable appetite for gin amongst the poor.
• Their annual intake was as much as five million gallons.
• In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways.
• By law, employees do not have to wash hands after sneezing.
• The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
• It's against the law to catch fish with your bare hands in Kansas.
• It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a certain church in Omaha, Nebraska.
• It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland.
• It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland.
• According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.