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  • Greece: It is illegal to wear high heels when touring ancient monuments.
    True, they can tear national treasures
  • Italy: It is illegal to feed pigeons in St Mark’s Square, Venice.
    True
  • Apples, peaches, and raspberries are all members of the rose family.
    True
  • Scotland: You must allow someone into your house if he knocks your door and needs to use the bathroom.
    True
  • California, USA: Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk.
    False. It was repealed in 1986
  • Mexico: It’s illegal for bicyclists to lift their feet off the pedals while riding as this might cause them to lose control of the bike.
    True
  • Eraclea, Italy: It is illegal to build sandcastles.
    True
  • France: It is illegal to name a pig Napoleon.
    False
  • Dubai, UAE: It's illegal to drive a dirty car.
    True
  • Japan: It is illegal to be clinically obese.
    True, in 2009, maximum waist line limit 85cm for men, 90 cm for women
  • Milan, Italy: It is illegal for citizens to frown in public-unless they are at a funeral or visiting someone in the hospital.
    True
  • UK: It is illegal to eat a mince pie on Christmas Day.
    False
  • New Zealand: You can fly with a rooster in a hot air balloon.
    False
  • Every continent except Antarctica has a McDonald's.
    True
  • Baltimore, MD, USA: It’s legal to bring a lion to the movies.
    False
  • It snowed in the Sahara desert for 30 minutes on February 18, 1979.
    True
  • Ohio, USA: It’s illegal to get a fish drunk.
    False
  • UK: It’s illegal to die in the House of Commons.
    False
  • Arizona, USA: There is a possible 25 years in prison for cutting down a cactus.
    True
  • Ancient Roman surgeons were trained to block out the screams of human pain.
    True
  • Singapore: It’s illegal to chew gum.
    True. In fact, no gum is bought or sold here. The law is said to be in place to keep public places clean.
  • Georgia, USA: It’s illegal for a chicken to cross the road.
    True
  • Alabama, USA: It is against the law to throw confetti or spray silly string.
    True, for public safety reasons as confetti could be inhaled
  • Switzerland: It’s against the law to flush a toilet after 10 pm in an apartment building.
    True