* In New York, the penalty for jumping off a building is death.

* In the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, a person is not supposed to water his lawn, while it's raining. Who would do that, is a tough question to answer.

* In California, it is illegal to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.

* You can be penalized if caught slurping soup in public in New Jersey.

* In Denmark, you must put on the headlights of a car, while driving so that other drivers can differentiate a moving car from a parked one.
You will be penalized in Moscow, if you drive a vehicle that is so spoiled that one cannot even read the license plate.

* Singapore wishes to maintain cleanliness and hygiene; and laws are enforced for the same. Chewing and sale of bubblegum is completely banned. People are also punished, if they fail to flush toilets.

* Drinking and driving is illegal in most countries in the world. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished with death.

* In Mohave County, Arizona, if anyone is caught stealing a soap; as a punishment, he will have to wash himself with the same soap until it is completely used up.

* In California, it is illegal to set up a mouse trap, if you do not have a hunting license.

* In Florida, it is illegal for single, widowed or divorced women to parachute on Sunday afternoon.

* In Nebraska, there is a very strange law. If a child burps during a church service, his/her parents are arrested.

* In the state of Oklahoma, people may be fined, arrested or even jailed for making faces at a dog.

* No Pennsylvanian man can purchase alcohol, without having a written consent from his wife.

* It is an act of high treason to stick a postage stamp bearing the British monarch, upside down. It is illegal to even die in the Houses of Parliament of UK.

* In Switzerland, washing a car or hanging clothes for drying on Sunday is illegal. Besides, mowing lawn on Sunday is, also a punishable act, as it creates a lot of noise and disturbs people. Flushing toilet after 10 p.m. in an apartment, in Switzerland, is also illegal.

* You need a painting license and government permission to repaint your house in Sweden. If you fail to do that, you could be penalized.

* In the states of Minnesota and Virginia, parking an elephant on the main street is illegal.

* It is illegal to carry an ice-cream cone in your pocket in Lexington, Kentucky.

* You cannot drag a dead horse down Yonge street, Toronto, on Sunday.

* In Germany, it is illegal to stop on an autobahn (expressway). It is also illegal to run out of gas on an autobahn.

* No electronic games are found in Greece, as they are completely banned.

* Being poor is against the law in Saudi Arabia. If any man is found not earning fair amount of money, he can be imprisoned.

* In Turkey, it is illegal for a man above 80 yrs to become a pilot.

* Now, the unbeatable: In Chicago, it is illegal for anyone to eat in a place that is on fire.

* In Kentucky, you cannot carry a concealed weapon that is more than 6ft long. Whereas, in Germany, even a pillow is considered as a weapon.

* In Chester, UK, Welshmen cannot enter the city prior to sunrise and not leave it after sunset.