We had such fun with some weirdWashington Statelaws a few months back and thought we'd dig up another10 weird lawsthat'll make you shake your head in disbelief. canva How Did These 10 Weird Laws Get Passed In Washington and Oregon? Did you know that some laws are just plain weird? Th...
Laws restricting or regulating wine exist all over the globe and for various – and obvious – reasons. But others exist for purposes that seem to make little or no sense whatsoever. Here's a list of weird and quirky wine laws that, to paraphrase Charles Dickens in Oliver Twist, shows the...
It’s common for judges to wrestle with complex questions as they try to apply old laws to new technology. But what’s so unusual about this decision is that the judges ended up giving opinions on technology that hasn’t been fully invented. “I think the opinion is really extraordinary,...
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. ...
laws, states such as Texas and Montana make it illegal only if you're homosexual. It is difficult to believe that these laws are still in place in the 21st century and that little is done to strike them down. Since some states are allowed to make and maintain their own laws, in some...
How long before 1549 the Nessmen sailed to Sulasgeir each year to collect the young gannets for food and feathers is not known, but it may be assumed that it was a tradition for centuries. That tradition is still carried on today. A report written in 1797 says: 'There is in Ness a ...
I believe this applies to photons and particles in general. The equations for physics always seem to allow collisions to be reversable and there are no laws that would not allow any set of particle interactions to be reversible. However, it is my opinion that photons are not reversible for ...
The quantum internet is a network that will let quantum devices exchange some information within an environment that harnesses the weird laws of quantum mechanics. In theory, this would lend the quantum internet unprecedented capabilities that are impossible to carry out with tod...
According to Eno, “We have seen overwhelming evidence that the latter is possible, because parallel worlds often have very different laws of physics, and thus heightened layers of multi-versal awareness and access.” In the ensuing years, Eno has run into many more parasites who were mimics,...
Divorce laws, which accrue, are written by state legislatures that are forward-looking in the laws they write. 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 ...