Here are a few items from the Deep Web. Thought you would appreciate a break from serious stuff.

It’s against the law to leave your house in Thailand if you’re not wearing underwear.
(Added: 2010-01-23 By ArtsyLady)

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.
(Added: 2009-09-02 By trunks492)

The phrase “rule of thumb” is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn’t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. 

(Added: 2009-08-29 By trunks492)

It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces.
(Added: 2009-08-29 By trunks492)

Every Swiss citizen is required by law to have a bomb shelter or access to a bomb shelter. 
(Added: 2009-08-29 By trunks492)

Until 1967, LSD was legal in California. 
(Added: 2009-08-29 By trunks492)

It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
(Added: 2009-08-29 By trunks492)

It’s against the law to slam your car door in Switzerland. 
(Added: 2009-08-21 By MissPrincess)

In Israel, religious law forbids picking your nose on Sabbath. 
(Added: 2008-10-31 By Gauher)

The triangular shape that Toblerone chocolates are packaged in, is protected by law.
(Added: 2008-10-31 By Gauher)

 
A man filed a lawsuit against his doctor because he survived longer than what the doctor had predicted.
(Added: 2008-10-31 By Gauher)

In Singapore, it is illegal to sell or own chewing gum.
(Added: 2008-10-31 By Gauher)

In France, it is illegal for a person to kiss another on railways. 
(Added: 2008-10-31 By Gauher)

In 1985, a pregnant women was falsely accused of shoplifting a basketball. 
(Added: 2008-10-31 By Gauher)

A surfer once sued another surfer for “stealing his wave.” The case was thrown out because the court was unable to put a price on “pain and suffering” endured by the surfer watching someone else ride “his” wave.
(Added: 2008-09-21 By Gauher)

 
In the 1985 Boise, Idaho mayoral election, there were four write-in votes for Mr. Potato Head. 
(Added: 2008-01-25 By Gauher)

David Rice Atchinson was President of the United States for exactly one day. This happened due to a glitch in American law at the time.
(Added: 2008-01-22 By Gauher)
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