37. Leading a cow while drunk has been illegal in the UK since 1872
The Licensing Act of 1872 hoped to curtail the drunken misdemeanors plaguing Britain. One part made it illegal to be ‘drunk while in charge on any highway or other public place of any carriage, horse, [or] cattle’. This now seems rather quaint, but it made a hell of a lot of sense back then. Cattle drovers moved large herds of massive, potentially dangerous cows many miles to market. The last thing anyone needed was a drunken idiot trying to lead their cows through a town. Although cows these days travel long distances by lorry, it’s still illegal to drink and drove.
