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State Law made it illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese.
Our research has shown this one wasn’t entirely true, but close. 1935 Laws of Wisconsin, Chapter 106 required serving a small amount of cheese and butter with meals in restaurants (eff. June 1935 – March 1937).
It is illegal to attach a vending machine to a utility pole without prior consent from the utility company.
RCW 70.54.090 Attachment of objects to utility poles. It shall be unlawful to attach to utility poles any of the following: Advertising signs, posters, vending machines, or any similar object which presents a hazard to, or endangers the lives of, electrical workers. Any attachment to utility poles shall only be made with the permission of…
It is illegal to break a hard-boiled egg at the sharp end.
Any person found breaking a boiled egg at the sharp end will be sentenced to 24 hours in the village stocks (enacted by Edward VI). This is another law that was likely still on the books until a massive “cleanup” of archaic laws in 2012.