Until fairly recently, it was actually impossible to legally download a digital copy of D.C’s legal code.

D.C.’s many laws govern what the public can and cannot do, but those very laws don’t exist in the public domain. One open government advocate changed that.

Go ahead, walk that herd of cattle around D.C. It’s legal, after all.

If someone were to approach you and offer to sell you a barrel of corn, it would be perfectly legal according to a D.C. law dating back to 1899 that remains on the books today.

You know what this Thursday needs? Some incredibly juvenile humor, that’s what.