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A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.

Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue.

Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.

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A city ordinance states that a person cannot go barefoot without first obtaining a special five-dollar permit.

Any motorist driving along a country road at night must stop every mile and send up a rocket signal, wait 10 minutes for the road to be cleared of livestock, and continue.

Any motorist who sights a team of horses coming toward him must pull well off the road, cover his car with a blanket or canvas that blends with the countryside, and let the horses pass. If the horses appear skittish, the motorist must take his car apart, piece by piece, and hide it under the nearest bushes.

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If a steam locomotive is driven on roads, a man must walk in front of the vehicle with a red flag during the day and a red lantern at night to warn passers-by.

It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your car.

Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is walking ahead of it.

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If a steam locomotive is driven on roads, a man must walk in front of the vehicle with a red flag during the day and a red lantern at night to warn passers-by.

It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your car.

Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is walking ahead of it.

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A person can be sent to jail for five years for merely sending a bottle of beer, wine or spirits as a gift to a friend in Kentucky.

Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.

If your are under the age of 21 and you have in your possession a empty beer bottle, you may be charged with illegal possession of alcohol.

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A person can be sent to jail for five years for merely sending a bottle of beer, wine or spirits as a gift to a friend in Kentucky.

Drinking from your own bottle in a bar can lead to your arrest.

If your are under the age of 21 and you have in your possession a empty beer bottle, you may be charged with illegal possession of alcohol.

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At one time it was illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.

By law, twins must not work for the same company.

It is against the law to attach padlocks to any public statue or building.

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At one time it was illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole.

By law, twins must not work for the same company.

It is against the law to attach padlocks to any public statue or building.

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Every inmate of the state’s training school for girls be issued crinoline bloomers.

Goldfish may not be given away to entice someone to enter a game of bingo.

No more than six girls may live in any house.

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Every inmate of the state’s training school for girls be issued crinoline bloomers.

Goldfish may not be given away to entice someone to enter a game of bingo.

No more than six girls may live in any house.

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According to the state constitution, it is unlawful for anyone to own a red or a black flag.

All motor vehicles must be preceded by a man carrying a red flag (daytime) or a red lantern (nighttime) fifty feet in front of said vehicle.

It is a class 2 misdemeanor if one places a mark upon a flag which is likely to provoke physical retaliation.

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According to the state constitution, it is unlawful for anyone to own a red or a black flag.

All motor vehicles must be preceded by a man carrying a red flag (daytime) or a red lantern (nighttime) fifty feet in front of said vehicle.

It is a class 2 misdemeanor if one places a mark upon a flag which is likely to provoke physical retaliation.

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By law your parents or grandparents must have come from France, Scotland or Ireland.

Children up to the age of 14 must have a certificate signed by their parents to testify that they regularly brush their teeth.

In the past there was a law that required children to obey all “lawful and moral” commands of their parents.

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By law your parents or grandparents must have come from France, Scotland or Ireland.

Children up to the age of 14 must have a certificate signed by their parents to testify that they regularly brush their teeth.

In the past there was a law that required children to obey all “lawful and moral” commands of their parents.

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A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.

It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.

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A person may not walk around on Sundays with an ice cream cone in his/her pocket.

Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor.

It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks.

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It is illegal to spit on sidewalk.

It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds.

No one may spit on a sidewalk.

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It is illegal to spit on sidewalk.

It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds.

No one may spit on a sidewalk.

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