CoolFacts--Legal
- 53,312 inmate lawsuits were filed nationwide in 1995.
- A Virginia law requires all bathtubs to be kept out in the yards, not inside the house.
- According to British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was a capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying.
- Christmas was once illegal in England.
- Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
- George Washington was the only man whose birthday is a legal holiday in every state of the U.S.
- Impotence is legal grounds for divorce in 24 American states.
- In a tradition dating to the begining of the Westminster system of government, the bench in the middle of a Westminster parliarment is two and a half sword lengths long. This was so the government and oppositon couldn't have a go at each other if it all got a bit heated.
- In Alaska it is illegal to shoot at a moose from the window of an aeroplane or other flying vehicle.
- In Athens, Greece, a driver's license can be taken away by law if the driver is deemed either "unbathed" or "poorly dressed".
- In Baltimore USA it is illegal to wash or scrub a sink regardless of how dirty it is.
- In Cleveland, Ohio it is illegal to catch mice without a hunting license.
- In Hartford, Connecticut, it is illegal for a husband to kiss his wife on Sundays.
- In Italy, it is illegal to make coffins out of anything except nutshells or wood.
- In Jasmine, Saskatchewan, it is illegal for a cow to moo within 300 km of a private home.
- In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry ice-cream in your back pocket.
- In Texas, it is illegal to put graffiti on someone else's cow.
- In the UK, there is no act of parliament making it illegal to commit murder. Murder is only illegal due to legal precedent.
- It is illegal to eat oranges while bathing in California.
- It is illegal to frown at cows in Bladworth, Saskatchewan.
- It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.
- It was once against the law to have a pet dog in a city in Iceland.
- It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland.
- Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
