Most Recent Stupid Laws. 1  In Canada, itâs now legal to engage in oral sex with your pet. 2  Royal Navy ships entering the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London. 3  It is illegal to ride a cow while drunk.  In Turin, it is illegal to dye your petâs fur.
In 1916, Germany became the first country to officially adopt Daylight Saving Time. It was born out of an effort to conserve coal during World War I, and Britain, along with many other European nations, was quick to follow the Germansâ lead.
And so daylight saving time was abolished until the next war brought it back into vogue. At the start of WWII, on Feb. 9, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt re-established daylight saving time year-round, calling it War Time. [Learn more about the crazy history of Daylight Saving Time] After the war, a free-for-all system in which U.S. states and towns were given the choice of whether or not to observe DST led to chaos.