Backward-looking mechanisms for getting rid of laws that are no longer useful can help make sure that problematic laws don’t cause mischief, according to Laura Tharney of the New Jersey Law Revision Commission. There are surprising and obscure laws still on the books in states across the coun...
In the Bayou State, you are not allowed to gargle in public Source: Morris Bart Getty Images How funny are these? No some are not enforced anymore but they are still on the books and are real Louisiana laws. Ten Interesting Louisiana Facts You Need to Know...
“Stellar Sterility” is a scientific study of NASA materials concerning the existence of aliens in our solar system and universe. Most people have given up on the truth and resigned themselves to fables and fictions to sooth their pains and fears about life. Even half of NASA believes in E....
Laws I love to read the laws that are still on the books that they do not use any more, I can read them for hours, thank you TaylorMMD,2017/07/23 Most laws are fake or not weird.. This app is entertaining(for the first 5 minutes) but I ran into some laws that weren't weird...
If this boy made this face at a dog in Normal, Illinois, he would go straight to jail, but Normal isn't the only Illinois town or city that has ab-normal laws about dogs. Apparently, it is also illegal for a dog to bark more than 15 minutes in Northbrook, IL, you can't give ...
Beware Us Flowers of the Annihilatoris this author's boldest story collection so far, and although I have truly loved his books that I've read in the past, this book goes well above and beyond those on so many levels. Most highly, HIGHLY recommended. ...
While they sound like a device straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie, flamethrowers, including Thermonator, are legal in 48 U.S. states. They aren’t classified as firearms by federal agencies, though they fall under general product liability and criminal laws. ...
Oh, man, that’s tough. The one that popped into my head was “The Familiars” which I reprinted inI discovered it inedited by Jeff and Ann VanderMeer. It’s written by Micaela Morrissette, and is about a boy with a childhood friend that turns out to be something else entirely, the ...
Sir William Blackstone, the authority on the English law on which the Constitution is based, defines “crimes and misdemeanors” (“Commentaries on the Laws of England”) Book IV Chapter 1, as follows: “A CRIME, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public ...
We know that people in different states have very different opinions on how certain foods should be eaten—just look at the country's wild variety of sandwich preferences—but we had no idea about the slew of silly laws out there governing everything from what we can and can't eat to whe...