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  • Hi I'm John Green, welcome to my Salon, this is mental_floss on YouTube and 1. In 2009,

  • it became illegal for groups, such as neighborhood associations, in the State of Vermont to ban clotheslines

  • is the first of 50 surprisingly illegal things that can get you arrested in the United States.

  • 2. Wisconsin has a law that you cannot "propel any stone, brick, or other missile at any

  • railroad train." I think this means that you can technically drop a brick onto a railroad

  • train, although no one has tested the law.

  • 3. In Arizona, you can not manufacture or distribute "imitation controlled substances."

  • Which I guess is why they don't film Breaking Bad there.

  • 4. Virginia is currently trying to get rid of a law that makes it illegal for unmarried

  • couples to cohabitate.

  • 5. In Washington DC, it is illegal to surf or water ski under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Which surprises

  • me because...you can surf in Washington, D.C.

  • 6. Blasphemy laws used to be very common in the US but there are still some in existence.

  • Including in Michigan where cursing God is a *@&# misdemeanor.

  • 7. Allowing dogs to pursue big game mammals, such as bears or bobcats, is illegal in California.

  • We were surprised to learn that this was an issue, because our office dog runs away from

  • squirrels--although to be fair, they are larger than her.

  • 8. In Alaska, the only time it is illegal for a business to sell alcohol is between

  • 5am and 8am. Which is unfortunate for parents of infants...because that's our primary party

  • time.

  • 9. Bad news for Damon Salvatore and Mike Tyson, boxing in Utah cannot contain any biting.

  • 10. It's against to law to swear at players or officials during sporting events in Massachusetts,

  • so I guess at the end of every Red Sox game, 37,000 people are taken into custody.

  • 11. In New Hampshire, it is illegal to check into a hotel using a false name. So if Justin

  • Bieber tours in New Hampshire, Beliebers, YOU CAN GET HIM. I mention that because we

  • have a huge Belieber audience here at mental_floss...they'll be vocal in the comments.

  • 12. And speaking of false identities, at public places in Alabama you cannot pretend to be

  • a minister, nun, priest, or rabbi if you are not one, thereby making productions of The

  • Sound of Music technically illegal. I mean, unless the nuns are played by nuns.

  • 13. In Aspen, Colorado, you're not allowed to throw snowballs OR missiles. What do people

  • do for fun there?

  • 14. Texan officials aren't allowed to be "excluded from holding office on account of his religious

  • sentiments, provided he acknowledge the existence of a Supreme Being." So I guess women can

  • be atheists...just kidding, they can't vote.

  • 15. Picking up seaweed off the beach at night is illegal in New Hampshire. But only at night...

  • Oh New Hampshire, that's not what people do on the beach at night.

  • 16. Bingo games can't last more than five hours in North Carolina. Which is great news

  • if, like me, you get bored of Bingo after about 4 minutes.

  • 17. Here in my home state of Indiana, you're not allowed to sniff glue "with intent to

  • cause a condition of intoxication, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, stupefaction, or

  • dulling of the senses." So if you're doing it for other reasons, that's fine.

  • 18. Adultery is still a crime in New York. Spitzer. Giuliani. Weiner. Paterson. FDR.

  • Can we just pause, by the way, to acknowledge that one of FDR's mistresses was named Missy

  • LeHand? Thank you.

  • 19. Rhode Island has a law against biting off the limbs of another person. It's a shame

  • you have to regulate such things but I guess it will be good for when the zombies come...

  • 20. Floridians are prohibited from salting railroad tracks "for the purpose of attracting

  • cattle thereto."

  • 21. The Gateway Sexual Behavior Law in Tennessee prevents teachers from even talking about

  • handholding to students.

  • 22. You can't sell your eye in Texas. And they say they're all about freedom.

  • 23. In South Carolina, dance halls are not allowed to be within a quarter of a mile of

  • a rural church or cemetery.

  • 24. South Carolina also requires their dance halls to be closed on Sundays. It's almost

  • like they don't like dancing.

  • 25. In 1974, Florida passed a law allowing the state to ban alcohol sales during hurricanes.

  • 26. Similarly, Utah doesn't allow the sale of alcohol during emergencies, which is tragic,

  • because that's when you need it most.

  • I mean the only way I know how to start a fire is to open up my copy of Eugenia Price's

  • (not Porter) Beauty from Ashes, pull out the Jack Daniels, and get that fire started. I

  • just want to point out that my copy of Beauty from Ashes features a quote from Isaiah, "to

  • give unto them beauty from ashes, the oil of joy for mourning"...and then the booze.

  • 27. You're not allowed to "mutilate, deface, disfigure or injure" rocks in Colorado state

  • parks. That's pretty granola, I mean, the next thing you know they'll legalize weed

  • or something...what? Really?

  • 28. In Washington, you are not allowed to use x-ray equipment for shoe fittings. Don't

  • worry Dorothy, they fit.

  • 29. Connecticut just repealed a law that prevented people from keeping town records where liquor

  • was sold.

  • 30. In Wyoming, fishing may not involve "a firearm of any kind or nature." You literally

  • cannot shoot fish in a barrel.

  • 31. Playing an R-rated movie at a drive in theater is illegal in Delaware....even a really

  • great one like Sex and the City 2. Meredith, did you write that joke? I can tell.

  • 32. Attempting to "corrupt the public morals" makes you guilty of a misdemeanor in Florida.

  • So I assume Ke$ha is banned for life. By the way, is it Keesha or Kesha? I never know how

  • to pronounce the dollar sign.

  • 33. You can't live on a boat for more than 30 days during a calendar year in the State

  • of Georgia. Thanks to Carnival Cruises, I'm not interested.

  • 34. Southington, CT banned silly string in 1996.

  • 35. If someone is under 21 in Illinois, but participating in a culinary arts program,

  • they are permitted to drink alcohol.

  • 36. Damaging a vending machine is illegal in Derby, Kansas. Even if you're really

  • frustrated because you paid for those Cool Ranch Doritos, and you desperately need those

  • Cool Ranch Doritos and...GIMME MY DORITOS!

  • 37. In Wisconsin, "no person may require an individual to undergo the implanting of a

  • microchip." ONLY IN WISCONSIN?

  • 38. Billboards are illegal in Hawaii. Which explains why my favorite Mary-Kate and Ashley

  • Olsen movie, Billboard Dad, does NOT take place in Hawaii.

  • 39. Street photographers aren't allowed to stay at one place for more than five minutes

  • to take pictures in Washington DC. Why don't we make that the law everywhere, paparazzi?

  • 40. Hypnotizing people is illegal in Everett, Washington.

  • 41. Enfield, New Hampshire prohibits hunting in cemeteries. How else are you going to fight

  • off the zombie apocalypse?

  • 42. People with STDs are not allowed to get married in Nebraska.

  • 43. Tanning facilities in Iowa must come with a warning sign. Are they exempt if they post

  • a picture of Snooki? No? That law could use some amending.

  • 44. Doors to public buildings in Florida must open outward, and yet having grown up there

  • I still never knew whether to push or pull.

  • 45. Reno, Nevada doesn't allow people to lie down on sidewalks. To which I say, what is

  • the point of my coming to your town, staying up all night while gambling away my life savings

  • and marrying a hooker, if I cannot then rest for a while on your sun-baked sidewalks?

  • 46. It is illegal to "cause a CATastrophe" in Utah.

  • 47. Enticing or persuading teenagers to buy alcohol in Tennessee is illegal. Because they

  • need so much persuasion...

  • 48. You can be fined in Oregon for leaving your car door open for too long.

  • 49. Oregon also has a law preventing improper disposal of human waste while you're on the

  • road. So I'm glad I didn't set my novel Paper Towns there.

  • 50. And lastly, it is illegal to be drunk on a train in Michigan but once that train

  • enters Ohio, shots for everybody.

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