Alright, it's a brand  new year, which means
  one more chance to lose faith in humanity.
  Okay, first off, laws are important.
  Think of them as the glue of society.
  They basically keep us  civilized and prevent us
  from running around  naked, clubbing each other
  over the head for food scraps.
  I mean, look at this guy.
  Would you want him knocking at your door
  the Purge style, looking for food?
  Uh-uh.
  But somewhere along the line we may
  have gone a bit over board.
  A bit off track, shall we say,
  and created some laws that are not only
  unnecessary but also  some that are actually
  disturbing that a government  would even think of them.
  But regardless, the  following laws I'm about
  to tell of actually exist.
  For better or worse.
  So let's get right into it.
  Here are the ten craziest  laws in the world,
  part two.
  Number one is the one child law in China.
  First off, obviously, in  most developed nations
  people are free to get  it on and have as many
  kids as they want, except  when it comes to China.
  China has had an over  population problem for decades.
  In fact, they're the most  populated country on the planet
  with about 1.4 billion people.
  Because of this, the Chinese  government decided to
  step in it's own citizen's  bedrooms and tell them
  what they can and cannot do,  specifically bump uglies.
  That's right, they literally  made a law that says you are
  only allowed to have one child in China.
  The one child policy was  enacted in the 1970s,
  and was extremely controversial  for obvious reasons.
  But what they didn't expect  is that it had a devastating
  effect on many people,  specifically families
  that had new born girls.
  As many were abandoned or even killed
  because they wouldn't carry on
  the family name through marriage.
  But in the end they  accomplished what they wanted.
  The Chinese government  estimates that upwards of
  400 million births were  prevented because of this law.
  And it wasn't until recently in 2015 that
  the government just  started to relax this law,
  and occasionally allow two off spring,
  mostly because there  are now far more males
  than females in China.
  China literally created  their own sausage party.
  It must be hard to get a date.
  Number two is the dyeing  bunny law in Ohio.
  Apparently, so many people  in Ohio were dyeing rabbits
  that they had to make a law to prevent it.
  According to Ohio law, no  person or company is allowed
  to dye or otherwise color any rabbit,
  baby chick or duckling.
  Furthermore, no person,  firm or corporation
  can sell or even giveaway a colored bunny
  or baby poultry, even of the  dyeing occurred out of state.
  Okay, so the people in  Ohio have an obsession
  with Easter, apparently,  so this law was made
  to protect bunnies and chicks.
  Oh, okay I get it. Oh,  man, wait there's more.
  As if this law wasn't  already weird enough,
  law makers decided to add  in, presumably just because,
  a clause that says that no  poultry younger than four weeks
  can be sold or given away  in lots of less than six.
  Because, why not?
  No separating them baby  chicks from their brethren,
  you monsters.
  I have no real idea why  this law was created
  or how those two things I  just discussed are related.
  But Ohio citizens, uh, let's have
  a little talk for moment.
  You may want to get on your law makers
  to do something important  because at the moment
  it would seem like they  need something to do.
  "Hey, John, do we get paid  this month no matter what?
  You betcha, let's make a crazy law.
  Bunnies?
  Bunnies."
  Number three is the no  crotch grabbing law in Italy.
  In Italy people are very superstitious.
  And one thing that they're  superstitious about
  is the evil eye.
  The evil eye is basically when someone
  wishes bad upon you, and that's no good.
  So, how do you ward it off?
  Obviously you grab your junk.
  Yes, it is a long standing  tradition that men
  will grab their nards  if a hearse passes by
  or while discussing serious illness.
  However, recently the supreme  court ruled that citizens
  are to act in accordance  with public decency
  and that everyone must  abstain from conduct
  that is potentially  offensive to collectively
  held feelings or decorum.
  In other words, stop grabbing your dick.
  The government feels  that you should not be
  touching that area until  your in the privacy
  of your own home.
  And yes, they are enforcing this law.
  Recently, a 42 year old man from Como
  broke this law by shifting  his junk in public
  and was caught by a police officer.
  So, you might be  thinking, what did he get?
  Like a little slap on the wrist?
  Well, not quite, the  man was fined 200 euro
  in order to pay an additional  1,000 euro in legal costs.
  Feel free to do the conversion  to your own currency
  but trust me when I say  that's a lot of money
  just to touch the one eyed Willie.
  Number four is the no  cheating law in India.
  If you live in India and are thinking
  of cheating on your  next exam, don't. Don't.
  "Oh, but Matt, what's the  worst thing that could happen?"
  Ha, I'll tell you. In 1997  a law was passed in India
  making it super illegal to  cheat on any academic test.
  And I say super illegal because  unlike here in North America
  where we might, you know, at most
  get expelled from the institution
  that we're enrolled in.
  In India cheaters can face  up to ten years behind bars.
  This law is meant to  prevent unfair practices
  in academic examinations, and believe me,
  it is strictly upheld.
  In fact, in June of  2016 a 17 year old girl
  named Ruby Ray ranked  first in her state exams,
  which is great except that  they were skeptical of her
  so she was retested, failed  and thus, sent to prison.
  But this really shouldn't  be that shocking,
  India is super tough with their laws.
  There's another law that  says you will face a
  five year prison sentence  just for possessing beef.
  Even if it's in the  privacy of your own home.
  (Mooing Sound)
  So yeah, just something  to think about if you feel
  like slacking on studying or even just
  have a hankering for steak.
  Number 5 is the no potato  hoarding law in Australia.
  And the weird train continues.
  If you live in western  Australia be careful
  how many potatoes that you  have in your possession
  because you could literally  be breaking the law.
  In western Australia it is  illegal to possess more than
  50 kilograms of potatoes.
  Now, before you go  thinking that that's a lot,
  for context, this is a 4.5 kilogram bag.
  So, if you have 11 of  these, which could happen
  say, if your throwing a  big party or something,
  you guys will be hanging  out and all of the sudden,
  what's that?
  Whoop, whoop, that's  the sound of the police!
  This antiquated law was  a product of regulation
  for food during the Great  Depression and post war period.
  They take their spuds  so seriously down under
  that there's literally a  potato board that oversees
  not only the production  of potatoes from farmers
  but helps law makers enforce this law.
  "Oh, but that's just one law."
  Nope. There are more.
  Other antiquated laws  include a requirement
  for bars to stable,  water and feed the horses
  of their patrons if they have one.
  I guess a horse wouldn't  be drinking and driving.
  There was another law  that required taxi cabs
  to carry a bail of hay in the trunk,
  and finally, children are  not allowed to purchase
  cigarettes but they can smoke them.
  Mmmmm.
  (Crazy Sound)
  Number six is the no  dueling law in Canada.
  Canada is mostly known for  being a peaceful pacifist
  country that doesn't like conflict.
  So of coarse, fighting would be outlawed.
  Except, as a Canadian  I can confidently say
  that we went a bit too far on this one.
  According to the criminal code of Canada
  anyone who challenges  or attempts by any means
  to provoke another person  into a duel or even a fight
  has committed an indictable offense.
  Yeah, okay, let's first  put aside the obvious
  oddity of the mentioning of dueling,
  as I don't know anyone who  carries around a sword with them.
  However, fighting of coarse  is still something that
  occasionally happens  except that those who start
  a fight in Canada probably aren't aware
  of the heavy consequence.
  Literally, just by provoking a fight,
  like, you know, a little poke, poke,
  a little push, push,
  they can be subject to imprisonment for
  a term of up to two full years.
  Gather around children,  it's law class time.
  To put that into context,  you could grow five hundred
  weed plants for the intent  of trafficking illegal
  marijuana, and get six  months less jail time
  than for pushing someone.
  Duh, any questions?
  Number 7 is the no idiots  can vote law in New Mexico.
  Oh, my god, hold back. Resist  making a political joke.
  Resist.
  Okay, the best thing about  a democracy is the freedom
  that everyone has to vote,  for anyone or anything.
  Well, the state of New Mexico decided
  to do something about that.
  They decided that idiots  cannot vote. Literally.
  According to the New Mexico  constitution everyone
  over 21 who lives in New Mexico can vote
  except idiots and insane  persons, and persons
  convicted of a felanous or infamous crime.
  Now, yes, the word idiot is there,
  but it should be mentioned  that the word idiot
  back when their constitution was written
  means something very different  from today's definition.
  Back then, it meant  relating to a mental illness
  or disability. Which now that I think
  about it is way worse.
  In January of 2013 changes to  the constitutional language
  were proposed, but only  related to references
  of him and his to be more  gender neutral and equal.
  In other words, they actively  decided to leave the idiots
  and insane persons part untouched.
  Ugh, this is what happens when law makers
  spend too much time on Tumblr.
  Number 8 is the no women  driving law in Saudi Arabia.
  No women can drive? Did we  just go back a hundred years?
  No, for real though,  this one may or may not
  shock you, depending on how much you know
  about Saudi Arabia.
  First off, it's important  to say that although
  technically there is  no specific law banning
  women from driving,  the country is ruled by
  deeply religious beliefs.
  One of them being, that female drivers
  undermine social values.
  In April of 2016 Prince  Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud
  officially stated that  Saudi Arabia is just
  not ready for women drivers.
  But obviously, not  everyone agrees with that.
  In fact, a 34 year old  women named Shima Jestania
  tried to change the country's beliefs
  by starting a movement by driving.
  The result? She was flogged  by government officials.
  And if you think that's  bad, women can also not
  interact with men in any  way, compete in any sports,
  go swimming or even try  on clothes when shopping.
  But they did just get the right to vote
  in late 2015, so progress?
  Number 9 is the no dirty  cars law in Russia.
  Russia is a very cold  country with a lot of snow.
  Now, being from Canada I can tell you that
  snow creates a lot of slush  and makes things dirty.
  Especially the cars that drive through it.
  But that doesn't matter  to Russian law makers.
  Because in the city of  Chelyabinsk it is actually
  illegal to drive in a dirty car.
  The fine for doing so is  2000 rubles or 62 dollars.
  Which doesn't sound so bad  but, see Russian police
  aren't exactly known for being the
  kindest people in the world.
  So you'd best not get pulled  over for breaking this law.
  "Wow, Matt, that's a weird law.  It doesn't get any weirder."
  In 2013 Russia made an even worse law
  that received international criticism.
  It enacted an anti-gay  law which was designed
  to prevent distribution of non-traditional
  sexual relationships ideas among minors.
  They're also proposing  a ban on McDonald's,
  smoking for women under 40,  rock music and treasure hunting.
  But you know what, I think we should stop
  here while we're ahead  cause this is just . .
  And number 10 is the no  buying prostitution in Sweden.
  Right now you might be  thinking, "Well yeah, Matt,
  of coarse prostitution is illegal. Duh."
  Except that it's not.
  Prostitution is actually legal in Sweden.
  Huh? Yeah, it's confusing. Let me explain.
  The laws of Sweden are so  that selling sex is illegal,
  but buying it is not.  And in the past few years
  Iceland and Norway have  also adopted this weird
  and confusing law as well.
  Okay, logically I genuinely  don't understand this.
  The government is basically  saying the following,
  "Well, we don't encourage prostitution but
  we don't discourage it either."
  (Laughs) You know.
  Yo, Sweden you want us to  have prostitutes or not, man?
  Speak up!
  So those were the ten craziest  laws in the world, part 2.
  But I want to know from  you guys in the comments,
  are there any crazy laws around
  the world that I may have missed?
  As always leave a comment  below and let me know
  exactly what they are, and  which country they're from
  because I want to know just  how weird this world gets.
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