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Frank Cotolo
March 12, 2026 |
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New and sometimes unusual laws are added regularly in cities around the world. Here are some of
the newest to date that have passed.
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Hacksaw, Missouri, USA, made sewing in public illegal unless the object is being altered or
repaired for medicinal purposes that can be verified and documented by three or more people
living in Hacksaw or not.
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The region known as Trabzon, Turkey, is restricted to only citizens of the country with no recorded
virus infections or a signed document by a doctor swearing the visitors have never been brought
to trial for wreckless digging of property within the area.
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In Byblos, Lebanon, members of the clergy may not smoke cigarettes while singing hymns.
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There is now a stiff fine in the small village of New Torture, G.B. if an inhabitant of any nearby
village is recognized as a cobbler and cannot repair footware to standards guaranteed to present
comfort and care and precision.
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Paris, France, officials have refused to allow a name change law to be voted upon by citizens. The
refusal is based upon the specific replacement names recommended in the said bill. Those names
(here tranlated) include Bile, Charmless, Blessed, Incontinence, Vulture, Lyrical, Destiny and
Bedroom.
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Redlock, California, USA, will not allow the area known as Redlock to exchange names with the
area in Arizona known as Dipperswim and hereby prohibits area name changes to be voted upon ever
again.
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