These Normal Things Are Prohibited Around the World

you know how they say when in Rome do as

the Romans do meaning in Rome you need

to make sure your goldfish has a deluxe

bow to live in in Nigeria don't you dare

to bring your own wheelbarrow and perish

the thought of adding as much Mayo as

you want to your dish when you're in

France yep bands around the world may be

surprising to say the least number one

you will never see a good old door knob

in Vancouver Canada sometime ago the

city ch ches building code to require

the use of cool and Sleek door levers

instead this change is all about making

buildings more accessible and easier to

use not only new buildings are getting a

new makeover even Vancouver's historic

City Hall had its fancy Art Deco door

knobs replaced with shiny gold levers

but it's not that you can't legally have

it in your house there isn't a team of

doorknob police coming to your house to

confiscate your knobs you can keep them

as long as you like

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number two comes with a geoguesser tip

for yall if you see this chair in the

picture it means it's 100% not in bosel

Switzerland it's called a monoblock

chair and it's special you see most

objects give away clues about when and

where they're from like the shape of

electrical outlets or the labels on your

shampoo bottle but the monolock is

context free some people call them one

of the world's most perfectly designed

objects While others say the homogeneous

nature of the chair is disturb

disturbing and the real evil of

globalization but why is it banned in

Basel turns out the authorities just

want the city to be pretty and the cheer

design isn't to their liking right if

you want to keep one in your backyard

feel free but they've been a big no in

public spaces since

2008 three if you were ever thinking of

bringing a wheel barrow to Nigeria I've

got some news for you don't even try

should you need it for some reason

during your stay in Nigeria just buy one

there when you arrive the authorities

won't let you bring your imported

wheelbarrow across the border why well

they're all about supporting their own

manufacturing industry so they want to

give their local wheelbarrow makers a

chance to

shine at number four we've got China

where the authorities decided to put a

stop to time travel wait a minute it's

not what you think no time travel

machine has been invented the ban is on

TV shows movies by the way it's not

something new the law was introduced in

the early

2010s apparently the big shots in charge

want to keep things real and are not too

keen on distorting historical events

they say some scripts are getting a bit

too wild making a myths promoting

Superstition and disrespecting the

country's

past five coffee pods they become super

popular because they make brewing coffee

so easy but Hur Germany doesn't seem to

be a fan of of those pods around 8 years

ago they took a stand by banning plastic

coffee pods from authorities offices

these little pods are made of various

materials making recycling a real

challenge while it's true that these

coffee capsules can create a lot of

problems they're still loved by many in

fact they become a big hit in the US and

Europe making up a chunk of the coffee

Market hurg is hoping to lead the way in

showing people just how wasteful these

pods really

are now number six chewing gum it has

been banned in Singapore since 1992 the

band was put in place to stop people

from sticking gum in all sorts of weird

places like subway doors lock cylinders

and elevator buttons yuck but costly

train Shenanigans were the last draw for

the authorities the ban was put in place

after some serious gum incidents on the

mass rapid transit or MRT trains in the

late ' 80s some mischievous or

mischievous pranksters have been gumming

up the works on MRT trains by sticking

chewing gum on the door sensors that

caused a sticky situation and messed up

train services and there you have it

chewing gum got completely banned now

just a note here yep these are gums

prescribed for therapeutic or dental

reasons and Yep they're still allowed

also don't get this whole ban wrong it's

not illegal to chew gum in Singapore so

if you come there as a tourist you can

bring in a little gum for personal use

if you're traveling just do not stick it

under this nice park bench okay what

will create you a ton of troubles though

is importing and selling chewing

gum Iceland is number seven in our ban

Hit Parade back in 1994 rikic was like

no dogs allowed it wasn't because they

were all about cats it was to stop this

nasty tapeworm from spreading the

disease was serious business causing all

sorts of health problems but don't worry

dogs are cool now as long as they follow

the rules nowadays in raik viic it's all

about the cats they're everywhere

roaming the streets like they you know

own the place you can't walk two steps

without seeing a furry little friend

begging for attention these rikic

kitties are so popular that they even

have their own Facebook page people love

them and some even carry around treats

just in case they come across a friendly

feline and since there aren't many

threats to cats in Iceland they're

thriving eight the Philippines now this

one is really weird singing my way in

karaoke bars is sort of band in this

country this seemingly harmless song has

been linked to some pretty serious

consequences like fist fights and even

people's early demise no one knows the

exact number of lethal cases caused by

this song but there have been at least a

handful of incidents in the last 10

years the song's lyrics which can come

off as a bit arrogant and prideful seem

to rile people up when sung in a not so

great way this has led some karaoke bars

to unofficially ban the song to prevent

any craziness from breaking

out nine hey have you heard about

Japan's Metabo law it's all about

measuring wasti sizes to tackle obesity

it was introduced in 2008 and the idea

was that if companies and local

authorities didn't meet the goals they

would face Financial penalties the

Ministry of Health believed this

campaign would help prevent various

health conditions so every year people

aged 40 to 75 had to get their waste

measured employers and local authorities

needed to make sure at least 65% of

people participated the goal was to

reduce Japan's obesity rates by 25% by

2015 and if they hadn't made it they

would have gotten slapped with a fine

did it work well in 2024 there are only

4.5% of people who reportedly have

weight issues in

Japan number 10 and we're back to Canada

so if you catch someone in there

counting out pennies in line you can

totally have some fun with them legally

speaking of course according to the

Canadian currency act there's a limit to

the number of pennies you can use in a

transaction 25 to be exact so if someone

tries using 26 coins you can play

sheriff and send them to coin jail

snatch up their pennies as evidence

yeah 11 an EC condiment regulated

country here apparently in France

they're cracking down on condiments in

public schools H they're trying to make

meals healthier for students the rule is

that you can't just go crazy with mayo

ketchup and vinegret anymore they have

to be served according to the

dish finally Italy in Rome you can't

keep your goldfish in a boring old glass

bowl nope that's considered cruel

because those little guys need their

oxygen flow plus if you keep them in a

bowl for too long they might go blind

also you can't give away goldfish's

prizes the law has a whole subsection

about it so if you're planning on

bringing a goldfish home from your next

trip to Rome make sure you've got a

fancy tank ready for them and thank you

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