In 1850, California law made…

In 1850, California law made it legal for towns to pay bounties for Indian scalps. Shasta City offered $5 for every Indian head brought to city hall, expenses reimbursed by the state treasury. There were 150,000 Indians in California before the 49ers, by 1870 less than 30,000.

November 4, 2019

It is illegal, in the state of New York…

It is illegal, in the state of New York, to put your thumb on you nose, and wiggle your other fingers. This is a old law, written in the 1600-1700s, but it is in the law book.

November 4, 2019

According to Texas Bankruptcy…

According to Texas Bankruptcy laws, you can keep 1 house, 1 car, 1k use limit in bank account, a bible or other religious text, and 2 guns.

October 31, 2019

A city in Virginia passed…

A city in Virginia passed an ordinance earlier this year barring people older than 14 from trick-or-treating. If the law is enforced, anyone older could be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined $250.

October 2, 2019

There is a law in Sweden that allows…

There is a law in Sweden that allows you go on any property you please between July and October so long as you are picking wild berries or mushrooms.

July 4, 2019

Fireworks are totally illegal…

Fireworks are totally illegal in Florida, but are sold to ordinary people in huge quantities via hundreds of stores across the state to anyone who signs a waiver saying they’re for agricultural use to scare birds away from crops.

June 23, 2019

10+ People Admit How They Bribed Cops to Get out of Trouble

When you get pulled over by the police, you usually just hang your head and go along with the program, right?

But these 13 people DID NOT like the idea of getting a ticket. So they took matters into their own hands and just straight up bribed a cop. And yes, bribing is extremely illegal and can lead to even more trouble.

Read on to see what actually went down…

1. I bet it didn’t work?

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2. Ummm…. what did you do?

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3. Make a run for the border!

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4. Damn. That would be hard to pass up…

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5. But… did you fuck him?

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6. Hey, as long as it worked out in the end…

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7. Okay, this isn’t exactly bribery…

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8. For life? You’re going to work at the sex shop FOR LIFE? Hahaha… yeah…

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9. Well, that wasn’t a soul crushing night or anything…

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10. Yeah, sure you did…

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11. Trashy is as trashy does…

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12. Okay, that’s actually funny. But I doubt this works.

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13. Cops like to get high too…

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If you haven’t lost faith in law enforcement before, did this hurt your perceptions?

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June 11, 2019

Texas still has a mutual combat…

Texas still has a mutual combat law. This means that duelling is still legal according the Texas penal code. The law states that any two individuals who feel the need to fight can agree to mutual combat through a signed, verbal or implied communication and have at it (fists only, however).

May 3, 2019

Washington May Become First State to Legalize “Human Composting”

It’s an age-old question that you’ve most likely thought about at one time or another: what will happen to your body after you die? Do you want to be buried in a cemetery? Cremated and spread into the ocean?

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In what would be a historic move, it looks like Washington may be the first state to offer ‘human composting’ as an option after residents pass away. The method transforms human remains into soil, takes four to seven weeks to complete, and results in roughly a cubic yard of…well, compost.

Washington’s state legislature already passed a bill allowing human composting, and now it’s up to Governor Jay Inslee to sign the bill into law. If he does, the law will take effect in May 2020.

Here’s how it works: bodies are placed into large, cylindrical tubes filled with wood chips, alfalfa, and straw. A controlled amount of oxygen helps to speed up the decomposition, and after 4-7 weeks the transformation is complete. Family and friends can keep the soil in urns or do whatever they see fit with the remains.

Back to Earth: Washington set to allow 'human composting': https://www.kspr.com/content/news/Back-to-Earth-Washington-set-to-allow-human-composting-508906941.html

Posted by KSPR News on Monday, April 22, 2019

The process has been called an eco-friendly alternative to traditional burial and cremation, which releases 600 million pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year.

It will be interesting to see what states follow Washington’s lead if the bill is signed into law.

Do you have thoughts on this matter? Share them in the comments below!

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April 27, 2019

15 States Where It’s Actually Legal to Fire Someone Just for Being LGBTQ

Believe it or not, there are still places in the United States – in 2019! – where there are no protections in place keeping gay people from being fired from their jobs for simply being who they are.

These 15 states below offer no protection at all for LGBT people from being terminated from employment.

All of the statistics below come from the Movement Advancement Project.