Examples
Some laws are real and still exist on the books:
- In New Orleans it is prohibited by the fire code to curse a fireman when he is engaged in his official duties.
- In Tennessee duelists, preachers and atheists are not allowed to be elected to public office.
- In Washington state, there is a law that 'a motorist with criminal intentions stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of police as he is entering the town.'
- Every high school in New Zealand may hold 1 pound of uranium and 1 pound of thorium, for conducting nuclear experiments (universities can have 20 pounds of each). However, there is a fine of $1 million for letting off nuclear explosions.
- In Eureka, Nevada, it is illegal for men who have mustaches to kiss women
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