[3]Do you want to go whale hunting？Don't do it in Utah, where it's supposedly illegal.It doesn't matter that Utah is 1,500 kilometres from the nearest ocean：whale hunting is forbidden there.

　　[4]And be warned, you can't legally set a mousetrap2 in California without a hunting license, either.Tease a skunk3 in Minnesota, and they can send you to prison.

　　[5]You're probably saying, “If these silly old laws are real, why________？” Well, suppose you're on the town council in Waterville, Maine.You stand up and claim that it's high time to get rid of the law that makes it illegal to blow your nose in public.The voters in Waterville would drive you out of office for wasting time on such things.And a lot of old laws, if they really exist, have to do with religious beliefs and lovable animals, so some interest group would be sure to get involved if you made a fuss4.

　　[6]As for that salt­on­the­tracks law, we asked around to see why such a thing might have become law.It turns out that during the main period of railroad building in the nation, crews used to spread salt in the wintertime.Freezing mud that reached track level could derail5 a train, and rock salt kept the mud soft.The problem was that the salt attracted cattle, and hitting one of them could derail a train for sure.

　　Notes：

　　1．offence/əˈfens/n.违法行为；犯罪

　　2．mousetrap/ˈmaʊstræp/n.捕鼠器

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