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. And of coarse, thank you
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