In early 2019, Hawaii tried to pass a law making the legal smoking age 100. They were also the first state to raise the legal age to 21 back in early 2017. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47129503
Fireworks have been completely illegal in Florida since 1941, but are sold to people en masse via hundreds of stores across the state to anyone who signs a waiver saying they’re for agricultural use to scare birds away from crops. – WTF Fun Facts
Article 247 of the Revised Penal Code in the Philippines allows one to ‘legally’ kill or physically injure their spouse or the person they are having sexual intercourse with if they catch them in the act of making love or right after. The penalty for the crime is destierro or banishment. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://filipiknow.net/weird-laws-in-the-philippines/#1_You_can_ldquolegallyrdquo_kill_people
The only place that can legally sell hard alcohol in Virginia are ABC Stores. They are owned and operated by the state, employing ~4000 employees in ~370 stores, generating hundreds of millions in revenue for VA. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Alcoholic_Beverage_Control_Authority#Stores_and_products
Two men in Indiana were wrongfully convicted of armed robbery in 1996. The lead detective that set them up eventually resigned in 2001, but the records detailing his resignation went missing ever since. 20 years later they were found and the inmates were finally exonerated and received a nearly $5 million settlement. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://ponderwall.com/index.php/2019/01/27/wrongful-conviction-case/
In certain countries, like Belgium, Austria, Mexico, and Germany, there is no additional time added to one’s sentence for attempting to and escaping prison, because they believe it is human nature to want to escape. – WTF Fun Facts
Mississippi is the only state that allows you to drink alcohol while driving, so long as your blood alcohol content level stays below the legal limit. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.theawl.com/2016/04/riding-in-cars-with-beers/
France passed a ‘right to disconnect’ law in 2017, allowing people to ignore emails that arrive outside business hours. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://money.cnn.com/2017/01/02/technology/france-office-email-workers-law/index.html
Mississippi only ratified the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery back in 1865, in 1995. However, they never officially notified the US Archivist and so it had to be corrected and was finally ratified in 2013. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/02/mississippi-officially-abolishes-slavery-ratifies-13th-amendment/
In Hollywood,California, there’s a $1,000 fine for possessing or using Silly String on Halloween.
Source: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Silly-String-Ban-Hollywood-Fine-399392941.html
According to the United Kingdom’s Highway Code, any animals being herded at night, such as sheep, must have a white light in the front of the herd and a red light in the back of the herd.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-about-animals-47-to-58
In 1924, there was a law made in Arizona making it illegal for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs.
– WTF Fun Fact
Apparently there was a donkey that floated away in a flood when a dam gave out and the town spent a great deal of money rescuing the donkey. They passed the law shortly thereafter to prevent it from happening again!
There is a law in the state of Iowa that if you are a one-armed piano player, that you must perform for free.
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Man stole an airplane and wasn’t charged with anything – WTF fun fact
Judges are more likely to grant parole early afternoon – WTF fun fact
A teenager in the UK charged with inciting their own murder – WTF Fun Fact
The Queen doesn’t need a license to drive – WTF fun fact
