Strange Maryland facts.

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Dumb Maryland Laws
# Thistles may not grow in one's yard.
Baltimore
# It's illegal to throw bales of hay from a second-story window within the city limits.
# It's illegal to take a lion to the movies.
# It is a park rule violation to be in a public park with a sleeveless shirt. $10 fine. This would include joggers that go shirtless. (1898)
# No person who is a "tramp" or "vagrant" shall loiter in any park at any time. They define tramp as a person who roves for begging purposes and a vagrant as an idle person who is able-bodied living without labor. It's a $50 fine. I guess the tramp would have to beg for the money to pay the fine. -Park Rule 6
# It is a violation of city code to sell chicks or ducklings to a minor within 1 week of the Easter holiday.
Baltimore City
# Though you may spit on a city roadway, spitting on city sidewalks is prohibited.
# You may not curse inside the city limits.

Columbia
# You can not have a antenna exposed outside of your house yet you can have a 25' satellite dish.
# Though clotheslines are banned, clothes may be draped over a fence.

Ocean City
# A law from the early 1900's prohibits men from going topless on the Boardwalk. (Repealed)
# Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited.