20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About The United States

14. It Is Illegal To Carry Ice Cream In Your Back Pocket In Kentucky

This law might seem as stupid as it is bizarre, but it is actually just embarrassingly antiquated. Apparently, several years ago, horse thieves discovered that horses like ice cream as much as people, and were extremely likely to follow a horse thief home if he's carrying some delicious dairy in his back pocket. The idea was the horse thief had plausible deniability if someone's horses followed them home. Today, keeping ice cream in your back pocket while in Kentucky will only get you confused looks.