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In 1982, DOJ attempted to count the total number of federal crimes. The WSJ said 'Since then, no one has tried anything nearly as extensive.' Until @CrimeADay.

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21 USC §§1037(b)(4), 1033(a)(2)(D) & 1041 make it a federal crime for the operator of an egg plant to let someone leave their egg plant with eggs that were colored with an unsafe color additive.

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21 USC §676 & 9 CFR §317.8(b)(5)(ii) make it a federal crime to sell a 1-pound or smaller package of sliced bacon if the transparent bacon preview window is located more than five-eighths of an inch from the top or bottom edge of the package.

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7 USC §§8313, 8306, 9 CFR §§93.310 & 93.300 make it a federal crime to try to sell your quarantined zebra while it’s still in quarantine.

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16 USC §1338(a)(6) & 43 CFR §9264.7(a)(8) make it a federal crime to take a wild free-roaming horse off federal land and use it in a rodeo.

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21 USC §§601(n)(7), 610, 676 & 9 CFR §319.762 make it a federal crime for a tongue spread seller to try to improve the spreadability of their tongue spread by adding non-tongue meat fat in such a way that it detracts from the tongue character of the tongue spread.

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18 U.S.C. §§ 842, 847, 27 C.F.R. §§ 555.29 & 555.215 make it a federal crime to have trees that are 10 feet or shorter around the building where you keep your explosives.

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15 USC §§ 6304(1) & 6309 make it a federal crime for a boxer to participate in a boxing match unless a physician has certified that each boxer is physically fit to safely compete.

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21 USC §333 & 21 CFR §165.110(b)(4)(iii)(A) & (c)(3) make it a federal crime to sell bottled water with more than 0.2 milligrams of cyanide per liter, unless the label says "Contains Excessive Cyanide."

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15 USC §§1263(c), 1264 & 16 CFR §1500.19(b)(3)(i) make it a federal crime to receive in interstate commerce a small toy ball without a warning that says: "this toy is a small ball"

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21 USC §§458, 461 & 9 CFR §381.170(b)(6) make it a federal crime to sell turkey legs with the pelvic bones attached.

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15 USC §1192(a), §1196, 16 CFR §1632.3(c) & §1632.4(d)(2)(iv) make it a federal crime for a mattress maker to sell a tufted mattress without first burning 9 cigarettes on the tufted part of a bare mattress, with each cigarette burning down into the depression of the tufts.

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16 CFR § 1632.4(a)(2) requires mattress testers to use the NIST SRM 1196a cigarette, which goes for about $400/carton, but there is currently a wait list for them.

16 CFR § 1632.4(a)(2) requires mattress testers to use the NIST SRM 1196a cigarette, which goes for about $400/carton, but there is currently a wait list for them.
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18 USC §32(a)(1) makes it a federal crime to willfully destroy, disable or wreck any aircraft flying in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.