8 Things That Are Actually Illegal In Different Countries And You Had No Idea

Mistakes are a part of life and honestly, no one is perfect. But what if you've been doing illegal things that are deemed a punishable offense by law and you had no idea about it! 

Sniffing Marker pens

Some marker pens contain drugs that may lead to drug abuse if sniffed regularly. This is actually illegal in Oklahoma City and in case you really like the smell, don't sniff 'em in Oklahoma! 

Downloading Movies

Downloading pirated versions of movies is bad for the people involved in the entire process of filmmaking as it sabotages their efforts. And now it's illegal everywhere in the world, including India. Interestingly though, the only exception to this rule is Switzerland. 

Too Much Cash

You cannot carry too much cash. One thing is, you probably shouldn't because, well you could get robbed. But in the USA it is actually illegal to carry more than $10,000 in cash. Can you imagine someone telling us we cannot carry more than INR 10,000? Seriously!

Creating fake profiles

You just cannot create a fake profile! It's worse than stalking someone and oh yes, it's illegal too. Due to the penetration of social media, in every part of the world, this act is illegal everywhere in the world.

Men and long hair

So in Singapore men were not allowed to grow long hair. In fact it was not just a cultural thing but was actually law. But that was way back in the '70s. While it may not be the law anywhere else, in certain places and professions long hair on men is still frowned upon. For e.g. the armed forces in most countries have men closely crop their hair.

Indecent exposure

In certain southern states of the USA specifically, wearing low hanging pants, that make the underwear visible is banned. Wearing such pants without underwear actially falls under obscene behaviou. Well, yeah! Interestingly, in the same USA, there is actually a day celebrated as No Pants Day. it's on the first Friday in May every year.

Using a third party application

Gamers, pay attention. When you use a third party application to cross a tricky lvel, or make a tricky kills or get through a strategy...and so on, you are breaking the law. Also you won't gain anything on an international gaming level because these never work on the main game servers.

Unboxing videos on the internet

You cannot unbox a new product on the internet for thirty days from the date of purchase or it is deemed illegal. Clearly all those unboxing videos of new phones on YoutTube haven't heard of this law.

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