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It is illegal to ride a cow while drunk.
The Licensing Act of 1872 stipulates that operating a cow, horse or steam engine while intoxicated carries either a prison sentence or a fine. It allegedly carries a penalty fine of up to 1,200 GBP excluding the costs of looking after the cow, horse, etc. So when you go out cow-tipping, just make sure not…
Sticking a postage stamp on an envelope upside down is considered treason.
If a postage stamp shows the head of the queen, which they all do, it is considered treason.
It is illegal to eat mince pies on December 25.
This decree from Oliver Cromwell in 1644 was meant to combat gluttony. You’re all criminals!
Any whale washed up on the shore is the property of the Queen, so she can use its bones for her corset.
The head of said whale, however, belongs to the King. This law dates back to 1307. The original law read something along the lines of “The King shall have throughout the realm, whales and great sturgeons taken in the sea or elsewhere within the realm, except in certain places privileged by the King.”