Here is a selection of the most ridiculous laws, which are still in effect, in some states of the USA.
Who knows how many Americans break laws without even knowing it.

Alabama
Dominoes may not be played on Sundays.

Alaska
Digging snow from a neighbour’s garden to make a snowman is unlawful, while using the same snow to build an igloo is allowed.

Arizona
Children are banned from singing nursery rhymes after 8 pm.

Arkansas
In the month of July men are not allowed to ask women to dance.

California
A valid hunting licence is required if you want to set a mouse trap.

WORDS
weird: very strange or unusual. 
ridiculous: absurd, funny

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Would you believe that there are 99 thousand centenarians, 100 hundred years old or more,  living in Japan?

And Japanese patients are treated by 86 physicians who are 98 years old, or even older.

WORDS
to treat: to cure a person of a disease.

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Most tour companies tempt customers with trips to sunny beaches and exotic locations.

Lupine Travel takes a different approach. The UK tour company provides packages to destinations others do not – and at a low price.

One such trip is to Chernobyl, the site of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster.

Lupine has several tours leaving for Chernobyl  each week.

WORDS
package: a group of things that offered together. 

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The wife of Prince William used to play tennis, field hockey and run cross country when she was in a boarding school.

The word on the street is that she is an excellent skier, even better than her husband.

It is not easy for a mother of three children and with a packed schedule of royal duties to find time to herself.

Anyway, CrossFit, weight training and running are sports activities incorporated into her daily life.

WORDS
packed schedule: a list full of activities.

IDIOMS
The word on the street: what people are saying.

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 STOP WAR IN UKRAINE 

During the Second World War, the Slovak National Uprising against Nazi Germany took place in the regional capital of Banska Bystrica in August 1944.

Eleven years later, the Slovak National Uprising Museum, situated just outside the city centre, was opened.*

The museum features open-air displays of numerous weapons which were used in the war, such as cannons, tanks and armored vehicles.

There is also a Li-2, a former bomber and transport aircraft, on exhibit during the summer season.

*A new permanent exposition named “Slovakia in the antifascist resistance movement in Europe in the years 1939-1945” was opened on 27 August 2004.

WORDS
uprising: an act of resistance, a rebellion.

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Coca Cola, the most recognized brand in the world, sells up to 1.8 billion servings of the drink every day.  

There are two countries left in cold where its drinks cannot be bought officially, Cuba and North Korea.

They are both under US trade embargoes.

An interesting fact is that Cuba was the first country outside the US to bottle the drink in 1906.

WORDS
serving: a portion of food or drink.
leave someone in cold: to leave someone in a bad position, to ignore.  

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Halal is an Arabic word which means permitted.

The Halal certificate is a document applied to food and services aimed at the Muslim population.

More and more companies strive to have their products halal-certified as there is a large community of Muslims who only eat halal.

WORDS
to strive: to make effort for.

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If you can’t find a sweetheart for your adult child to marry, then go to China.

There are marriage markets held in parks of many large cities on Sundays.

Parents and older family members visit these markets to meet with other families to arrange meetings between their children.

They write information about their child and the requirements for a potential partner on the sidewalk.

WORDS
requirement: something that you want or need. 
sidewalk: a paved path for people to walk on. 

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In Australia kids use „walking buses“ to travel to school.

A walking bus is a form of transport using feet instead of wheels.

There are always at least two adults, one of them in the front and the other one at the end of the group of pupils.

The buses have their bus stops and pick-up times.

Isn’t it fun, healthy and sustainable way of travelling?

WORDS
wheel: a circular frame used in vehicles or machinery.
pupil: a small learner, student. 
pick-up time: the agreed date and time for the collection of something or somebody. 

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First of May was chosen to commemorate the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago.  

On May 1^st hundreds of thousands of workers across the United States went on strike demanding better working conditions and shorter work week hours.   

On May 4^th an unidentified person threw a bomb in the crowd and police responded by firing on the  workers.

WORDS
to commemorate: to remember officially and give respect to. 
to demand: to ask for. 

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