30 January: World Law Day

Today is World Law Day. Some countries, states and cities have some truly strange laws. Here are ten from around the world.

1. Prisoners, when released, are required to be given a handgun with bullets and a Horse so they can ride out of town. Canada
2. No Pig may be addressed as Napoleon by its owner. France
3. It is a legal requirement that anyone who goes to college must be intelligent. China
4. It is illegal to go out without wearing any underwear, or step on any of the nation's currency. Thailand
5. A male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but cannot look directly at them - he can only view their reflection in a mirror. Bahrain
6. A betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. The husband’s illicit lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired. Hong Kong
7. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.
8. In Liverpool it is illegal for a woman to be topless in public unless she is a clerk in a tropical fish store.
9. It is illegal to be drunk in possession of a Cow. Scotland
10. It is illegal to take a goldfish upstairs on a double decker bus. Scotland

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