Some of the weirdest worldwide laws that still exist today
Ever wonder why we have laws in our communities? Like, who cares if we don’t stop at a red light or cross in the middle of the street instead of at the crosswalk? It’s because laws keep people safe, and when they are enacted, they usually make sense. However, times change, and though the laws may have been relevant at one time, now they might be completely outdated and even downright strange.
Here are some of the weirdest worldwide laws that still exist today. Read on to hear about how these laws came to be!
The Law: It’s illegal in Arizona for your donkey to be in a bathtub after 7 p.m.
The History: This law was created in 1924 after a dam broke and the flood swept away a bathtub with a person’s sleeping pet donkey inside. It took hundreds of concerned citizens to save the animal. So to save everyone a lot of time and effort in the future and to prevent harm to bathtub-snoozing donkeys, the law was signed into action.
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