Obscure Laws & Weird Regulations
This country bans chewing gum in public, with limited exceptions.
What is Singapore?
This clear cola from Pepsi became a famous 1990s flop.
What is Crystal Pepsi?
The tomb of this Egyptian pharaoh is said to carry a deadly curse.
Who is Tutankhamun?
This sea creature has three hearts and blue blood.
What is an octopus?
This Bavarian group, founded in 1776, is often linked to global conspiracy theories.
What is the Illuminati?
In this U.S. state, it’s illegal to whisper in someone’s ear while they are moose hunting.
What is Alaska?
This Google social platform shut down in 2019 after struggling to compete with Facebook.
What is Google+?
This famous blue diamond is rumored to bring misfortune to its owners.
What is the Hope Diamond?
This animal can sleep up to 22 hours a day.
What is a koala?
This Cambridge University intellectual society included members like John Maynard Keynes and was nicknamed “The Apostles.”
What is the Cambridge Apostles?
This European country once rejected the baby name “Nutella” as illegal.
What is France?
This Microsoft music player failed while competing against Apple’s iPod.
What is the Zune?
This allegedly haunted doll was investigated by Ed and Lorraine Warren.
What is Annabelle?
This mammal is the only one capable of true sustained flight.
What is a bat?
This Yale University group counts several U.S. presidents among its members and is associated with a windowless tomb.
What is Skull and Bones?
It’s technically illegal to die inside this city’s Houses of Parliament.
What is London?
This Amazon smartphone from 2014 was a major commercial failure.
What is the Fire Phone?
This painting, often found in UK homes, was linked to mysterious house fires.
What is The Crying Boy?
This microscopic organism can survive extreme freezing and come back to life.
What is a tardigrade?
This fraternal organization is known for meeting in lodges and using tools like a square and compass as symbols.
What is Freemasonry?
This country requires guinea pigs to be kept in pairs due to animal welfare laws.
What is Switzerland?
This Segway successor, resembling a chair on wheels, was discontinued in 2020.
What is the Segway S-Pod?
This Bulgarian phone number is rumored to have caused the deaths of multiple owners.
What is +359 888 888 888?
This species of jellyfish can revert to its juvenile form, making it biologically immortal.
What is Turritopsis dohrnii?
This exclusive all-male club is known for hosting powerful figures at a private summer retreat in a California redwood grove.
What is the Bohemian Club?