Welcome to Erin Mankie's Cabinet of Curiosity's, a production of I Heart Radio and Grimm

and Mild.

Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

As countries grow and change, they often put laws on the books that don't age well.

That's even more evident at the state and local levels.

For example, in Arizona, there's a law that makes it illegal for donkeys to sleep in

bathtubs.

Now, how could such a thing ever come to be, you might ask?

Well, despite the silliness of the law today, its origin is based in a tragic disaster.

Back in 1924, a dam burst that released devastating floodwaters into the town of Kingman.

A donkey had taken to sleeping in a band in bathtub, and it floated away in the flood,

prompting the town to have to step in and save the donkey from drowning.

But the rescue effort was costly and dangerous, and so Kingman residents voted to outlaw

donkeys from sleeping in bathtubs ever again.

To clarify, donkeys were still allowed to stand in bathtubs, but sleeping in them was strictly

forbidden.

Go even further back though, and the laws the past make even our wildest legislation

look like the Ten Commandments.

Take for example the town of Halifax in West Yorkshire in England.

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