Laws Trivia

  • It is illegal to wear high heels while visiting any such historical sites in Greece because they are worried the pointy shoes will damage the stone.
  • Kissing in public in Dubai can land a person in jail for one year.
  • Slavery was not made a statutory offense in the UK until April 6, 2010.
  • Uruguay has become the world's first country to make it legal to grow, sell and consume marijuana.
  • According to a Saudi Arabian law, women are not allowed to drive cars; but they are allowed to fly airplanes.
  • In Egypt, actors were not allowed to testify in court because they were seen as professional liars.
  • Leaving USA with more than $5.00 in pennies is a crime that could land you in jail for five years.
  • In Utah, it's illegal to detonate nuclear weapons, but it's okay to own them.
  • A new law in Israel has banned the use of underweight models in advertising and the catwalk and requires adverts to state if an image has been altered to make a model appear thinner.
  • In Grenada, offending someone on Facebook could land the poster in jail for a maximum of 3 years.
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