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15 weird US laws you may be surprised to know exist

Erin McDowell,Erin McDowell   

15 weird US laws you may be surprised to know exist
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  • Some laws were written decades ago, and are more hysterical than intimidating. Others are relatively new, but still just as strange.
  • From making sure cheese is "highly pleasing" to only allowing fried chicken to be eaten with your fingers, these US laws exist but are hard or impossible to enforce.
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You might be surprised to find out swearing in public or honking your horn near a local deli may result in fines or arrests in some US states. But they can!

Read more: The most ridiculous law in every state

We scoured the internet and official government websites to find some of the strangest laws that exist today.

Here are 15 that are not only odd, but probably difficult or impossible to enforce.

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