Note: All cited laws are real and currently in effect, and have been verified for authenticity by practicing attorney Nathan Belofsky, Esq., the world's leading authority on strange laws.

• In the State of Connecticut, selling a spool of thread without stating its length can earn three months in prison.
• In Connecticut, it’s legal to sell a mattress containing bugs, vermin and filth, as long as it’s sterilized first.
• In Connecticut, it’s illegal to cut down a tree to catch a raccoon.
• In Connecticut, below-grade eggs are labeled “checks,” “cracks,” and “dirties”.
• In Connecticut, selling a term paper is a crime.
• In Connecticut, a bushel of potatoes must weigh exactly 150 pounds.
• In Connecticut, it’s illegal for a barking dog to disturb a sick person.
• In Connecticut, no person with syphilis can work in a bakery without express authorization.
• In Connecticut, it’s a crime to catch a silver eel.
• In Connecticut, it’s a crime to deface a bedding tag.
• In Rocky Hill, Connecticut, it’s a crime to feed the ducks.
• In Connecticut, one can’t catch a rabbit with a ferret.
• In Connecticut, it’s illegal to sell milk from skinny cows.
• In Connecticut, one cannot use a hammer or poleax to knock an animal unconscious before slaughter.
• In Connecticut, swine can only be fed garbage that is fully cooked.
• In Connecticut, it’s a crime to harass a blind person’s dog.
• In Connecticut, it’s illegal to shoot animals from a car.
• In Connecticut, it’s a crime to hunt from afar by using a computer.
• In Connecticut, hunting squirrels with sulphur or brimstone is against the law.
• In Connecticut, it’s a crime to ridicule another on the basis of race, creed or color.
• In Connecticut, hunting a swan gets thirty days in prison.
• In Connecticut, college hazing is illegal.
• In Connecticut, it’s illegal to stop a mother from breast-feeding her child.
• In Connecticut, it’s illegal to conceal a woman’s delivery of a child.
• In Connecticut, selling non-kosher food as kosher earns a six month prison sentence.
• In Connecticut, casks containing corpses must be buried at least eighteen inches deep.
• In Connecticut, it’s a crime to destroy computer data.