Crazy Facts Series #2 - It is illegal to sell a "bounceless" pickle in Connecticut.
This law put Connecticut Librarians in quite the pickle. The law actually arose as a legend and the people demanded the truth.
For hours, librarians in the state scanned past archives of laws within the state until one librarian eventually found the truth in the Hartford Courant.
The law was in fact an ordinance that was created in 1945 to thwart pickle packers Moses Dexler and Sidney Sparer. These two men were selling inedible pickles, so laboratories conducted experiments and found that if it doesn't bounce, don't eat an ounce!
Remember, it is illegal to sell a "bounceless" pickle in Connecticut.
I wonder what other states have crazy silly laws?
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