The law is in effect for a reason: to keep the peace and order in our world.
Sometimes, rules are unfair or unjust. Often, they are logical and useful. Occasionally, though, they are just strange, obscure, and seemingly meaningless.
Below you'll find 10 things that are surprisingly illegal in different places across the globe. Some of them may sound ridiculous at first, but upon closer inspection, a few of them actually make a bit of sense!
Breaking the law is never a good idea, but with these laws, you might be surprised to learn that you'd even done anything wrong. By the time you'd get arrested, it'd be too late!
If you could make anything illegal, what would it be? I'd make it illegal for anyone to be mean to each other, ever, Even behind their backs!
Can you believe that these 10 things are actually punishable by law?
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1. Cutting Down A Cactus
In Arizona, it's illegal to cut down a cactus. That's because it takes decades for some sorts of cacti to grow to their full height, and they can remain under 2 inches for the first 10 years of their life.
The maximum sentence for cutting down a cactus is 25 long years.
2. Forgetting Your Wife's Birthday
In Samoa, it's punishable by law if you forget your wife's birthday, according to Rocket Lawyer. Here, here, Samoa!
3. Pretending To Be A Witch
In Canada, you can be arrested for pretending to be a witch. There isn't really any language that says being an actual witch is illegal. It's just the false advertising that can get you in trouble, according to Clarke Criminal Law.
4. Falsely Announcing A Death
Faking death is illegal in Australia. The same goes for fake births, false funeral announcements, sham engagements, and announcing a job you don't actually have.
5. Depicting Time Travel
In China, as of 2011, it's illegal to show time travel on TV. The government controls what you see on your screens, and they think that time travel promotes false history, reincarnation, feudalism, and superstition, according to TIME.
6. Eating A Hamburger On Sunday
In St. Cloud, Minnesota, it's Illegal to eat a hamburger on Sunday. Strange, hard to enforce, and largely forgotten, but still on the books.
7. Using The Name Of A President To Sell Alcohol
In Michigan, you can't use a president's name to sell alcoholic beverages. It's unclear how this one made it into the books in the first place, but it can get you into trouble.
8. Stepping On Money
In Thailand, it's illegal to deface any image of the king, whose face happens to be on Thai money. If you step on any Baht, you could end up in jail, according to World Nomads.
9. Naming A Pigeon Napoleon
In France, it's illegal to name a pigeon Napoleon, as it's a slight to the former emperor and general. I wonder why just pigeons, and not any other bird? Most birds are pretty small, even the larger ones.
10. Interrupt A Wedding
In South Australia, you can get up to a $10,000 fine or 2 years in prison if you interrupt a wedding. The same thing goes for funerals, according to official Australian documents.
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