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(#27) Nebraska
- 1867-03-01
Anybody with a sexually transmitted disease is not allowed to get married in Nebraska.
42-102Minimum age; affliction with venereal disease, disqualification.At the time of the marriage the male must be of the age of seventeen years or upward, and the female of the age of seventeen years or upward. No person who is afflicted with a venereal disease shall marry in this state.
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(#8) Delaware
- 1787-12-07
In Rehoboth Beach, Delaware it is illegal to whisper in church.
198-23. Disturbing religious worship and lawful assemblies.A.No person shall disrupt or disturb any congregation or assembly met for religious worship by noise, talking or whispering, or by rude or indecent behavior, or by profane language within their place of worship, or within 300 feet of the place of worship.
B.No person shall disturb any lawful assembly or gathering of people in any public place.
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(#17) Kentucky
- 1792-06-01
It's illegal to dye a duckling blue and sell it unless you sell at least six of them.
KRS 436.600 No person shall sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange, display, or possess living baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits which have been dyed or colored; nor dye or color any baby chicks, ducklings, or other fowl or rabbits; nor sell, exchange, offer to sell or exchange or to give away baby chicks, ducklings or other fowl or rabbits, under two (2) months of age in any quantity less than six (6)
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(#42) Tennessee
- 1796-06-01
In Tennessee, it is illegal for anybody to run for public office if they have ever participated in a duel.
Sec. 3. Duelists shall hold no office.
Any person who shall, after the adoption of this Constitution, fight a duel, or knowingly be the bearer of a challenge to fight a duel, or send or accept a challenge for that purpose, or be an aider or abettor in fighting a duel, shall be deprived of the right to hold any office of honor or profit in this State.
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(#19) Maine
- 1820-03-15
It is illegal to sell thermometers.
THERMOMETER ORDINANCECHAPTER 42Section 2. Retail Sale Prohibited. A person shall not sell or supply (including online retail) mercury fever thermometers to consumers and patients, except by prescription.
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(#45) Vermont
- 1791-03-04
In Vermont, it is illegal to take your clothes off in public, but if you get naked at home and then leave the house it is perfectly fine.
It appears no law was violated when 42 cyclists rode through Vermont's capital naked.
The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus reported that Vermont has no ban on public nudity. Disrobing in public is a crime, but the cyclists changed into their birthday suits before venturing out."
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The bizarre legal provisions of the states in the United States make many people think that they are ridicules in the talk show. However, these bizarre and unreasonable provisions do exist in the local laws of the American states, and in theory, they are still valid. For example, an old Massachusetts law stipulates that people must take a bath before going to bed. Some of the strangest state laws also attempt to intervene in marriage or pet life.
Everyone knows that each state in the United States has its own different legal provisions, and each state has some strange and interesting laws, some of which have been retained since the early enactment. Here is a collection of 50 bizarre state laws that will make people laugh loudly.
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