In rural Tibet, they practice a rare marital arrangement called fraternal polyandry. The woman marries multiple husbands who are all brothers. The practice has been illegal since 1981 but the nature of farming and ownership of farm land necessitates the marital practice. – WTF Fun Facts
Laws
WTF Fun Fact – Australian Words
Charges were dropped against Australian activist Danny Lim for displaying the word “cunt” on a public sandwich board after the appeals judge ruled the word is “prevalent in everyday language” in Australia. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Happy Birthday Copyright
The ‘Happy Birthday’ song was not legally available for public use until a 2016 lawsuit settlement. Until then, it was copyrighted and you had to pay a license to use it. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/warner-music-pays-14-million-863120
WTF Fact – Slapping Law
The 2018 ‘slapping law’ in Russia decriminalized some forms of domestic violence. If it is a first offense and not enough to hospitalize them, then instead of 2 years in jail the offender pays a minimum fine of 5 rubles (or less than $1). – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/0dd0ab91-145a-4137-bf87-28d0498c8d56
WTF Fun Fact – Raines Sandwich
In 1896, New York passed the Raines law to reduce Sunday drinking. The law had a loophole allowing bars to serve alcohol with a meal. Bars added an unappetizing Raines sandwich to every drink order, then took it away, serving it to the next customer. The sandwich often lasted weeks. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/raines-sandwich
WTF Fun Fact – Illegal To Give Cat Milk
During WW2, it was illegal in Britain to give cats a saucer of milk, dogs a biscuit, or bread to pigeons. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Immurement
Immurement is a form of imprisonment, typically until death, in which a person is placed within an enclosed space with no exits. The prisoner eventually dies from starvation or dehydration. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Holocaust Denial Law
It is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust occurred and is punishable by up to 5 years in prison. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_against_Holocaust_denial#Germany
WTF Fun Fact – Card Counting Legality
Despite it being common practice for casinos to ban card counters, a 1979 New Jersey Supreme Court decision banned all Atlantic City casinos from doing so, making them the only state in America where they can’t throw out skilled blackjack players. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Card_counting#Legal_status
WTF Fun Fact – Illegal Frozen Italian Food
Italy’s top civil court ruled that restaurants must disclose to their customers if they serve frozen food or it’s considered commercial fraud – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thelocal.it/20170719/serving-frozen-food-without-telling-customers-menu-fraud-rules-top-italian-cassation-court
WTF Fun Fact – Great American Pants Suit
A man once sued a dry cleaner store for $67 million over a late return of a pair of $1000 pants. He reduced it to $45 million in court. The case was thrown out multiple times and the man, a judge himself, lost his job for a lack of “judicial temperament.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearson_v._Chung
WTF Fun Fact – No Fun Tajikistan
According to the “Regulation of Traditions and Customs in the Republic of Tajikistan,” which were introduced in 2007 and updated in 2017, the celebration of birthdays anywhere except in the privacy of the family circle is strictly forbidden and carries a hefty fine if caught.. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-34051435
WTF Fun Fact – 25th Amendment And The Colon
The second part of the 25th amendment deals specifically with procedures for a President who is unfit to serve. It has been used three times, all related to colon issues and two of the three were a result of Presidential colonoscopies. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/25th-amendment-colon-trump-reagan-bush-unfit-president-2017-10?r=US&IR=T
WTF Fun Fact – Barefoot Driving Is Legal
It’s an urban legend that driving a vehicle barefoot is illegal in the US. None of the states have a law that requires you to be wearing footwear while driving. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/is-it-illegal-to-drive-barefoot/
WTF Fun Fact – Draco Was Draconian
Draco was an Athenian lawyer who gave the city of Athens its first written laws. The word Draconian originated from his name as his laws were so brutal. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://historycollection.co/16-dramatic-and-bizarre-ways-people-died-in-ancient-greece-and-the-hellenistic-world/5/
WTF Fun Fact – Minors Drinking In WI
The drinking age in Wisconsin is 21, but anyone underage is legally allowed to drink alcohol in bars and restaurants as long as they are with a parent or guardian of legal drinking age and the establishment allows it. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_laws_of_Wisconsin
WTF Fun Fact – Big Mac Vs. Supermac
In early 2019, after McDonald’s sued Irish fast food chain Supermac for trademark infringement, a judge ruled McDonald’s Big Mac trademark was not valid in the EU because they were unable to prove that they had used the Big Mac trademark their. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tasty-result-for-supermacs-with-david-and-goliath-big-mac-win-37716672.html
WTF Fun Fact – Importance Of Turkish Coffee
Coffee was so important in Turkish culture that under 15th-century law, a woman had the freedom to divorce her husband if he did not provide her with enough coffee. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.turkeyforyou.com/turkish-coffee-role