Unusual Laws 2

In Colombia, if a Goajiro woman is successful in tripping a man during a ceremonial dance, he's required to have intercourse with her.

When gentlemen in medieval Japan wished to seal an agreement, they urinated together, crisscrossing their streams of urine.

In Arkansas, law states that the name must be pronounced "Arkansaw".

Early in 1975, the U.S. Senate actually voted on the following:
"A motion to table a motion to reconsider a vote to table an appeal of a ruling that a point of order was not in order against a motion to table another point of order against a motion to bring to a vote the motion to call up the resolution that would institute a rules change."

It's illegal in Newcastle, WY to have sex in a butcher shop's meat freezer.

"It is illegal to give a drink of water to anyone unless you have a permit" (New York).

"It is unlawful to refuse a person a glass of water." (Arizona)

It is illegal to hunt camels in the state of Arizona.

In July 1981, a tortoise was sentenced to death for murder. Tribal elders in Kyuasini, a village in Kenya, formally condemned the tortoise because they suspected it of causing the death of six people, apparently through magic. However, because none of the villagers was prepared to risk the tortoise's wrath by carrying out the execution, it was instead chained to a tree. The tortoise was later freed after the government promised an official inquiry into the deaths.

In Turkey during the 16th and 17th centuries, anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death.

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