50 Things You Won’t Believe Are Banned in the U.S.

Alabama: no bear wrestling

Did you know that in Mobile, Alabama, silly string is illegal (as is confetti)? But no matter what city or town you’re in Alabama, it is unlawful to promote or otherwise be involved with bear wrestling matches. That includes selling tickets to bear wrestling matches and/or training a bear to be a bear wrestler. Funny that Alabama’s lawmakers thought it important to get this law on the books, when here we were thinking that when we see a bear, all we want to do is run in the other direction.

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