50 Peculiar U.S. Laws You Won't Believe Exist

 By 
Neha Prakash
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50 Peculiar U.S. Laws You Won't Believe Exist

Don't try this at home. No really, you can't, because doing these 50 things are actually punishable by law.

Things like picking up seaweed at night in New Hampshire (obviously) and having a six-hour Bingo game in North Carolina (clearly). Maybe lawmakers were just having some fun when they enacted these wacky pieces of legislation...?

Nonetheless, it's better to know these oddball laws -- highlighted by our favorite fast talking YouTuber Mental Floss -- so you don't get caught in a criminal act.

So watch this video and then hop to it -- you don't have much time to cover up the evidence from all your Constitutional offenses.

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