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Top 10 Everyday Items Banned Around the World


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this list we’re looking at seemingly
run-of-the-mill objects that are used
every day by some people but which have
been banned by other governments or
government organizations at some point
in time consult a dictionary
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please note we’ve done our best to
confirm that all of these bans are legit
but in some cases it’s possible that
they were either just in consideration
temporary or strongly encouraged
guidelines and those whom the
extraordinary will never be enough
number 10 Furby banned by the NSA right
lay-oh
remember those lovable robotic toys from
your childhood well you might be
remembering them wrong because these
hamster or our light creatures went on
to become kind of less loveable yeah I
guess this is because of the purr bees
almost human-like ability to start
speaking English as they grew gotta get
one of those zombies they can borrow
unfortunately the National Security
Agency came to believe that the
pre-programmed English words the Furby
sent were a result of their repeating
words that they heard in 1999 this led
to the NSA to ban the toy from their
headquarters in fear that it would also
be a recording device with the potential
to repeat classified information in
public however the ban was ultimately
removed when this was revealed to be a
myth so how many people at the NSA had
furbies that’s the real question number
9 game consoles banned by China in an
attempt to stop what they felt were
negative effects on their children’s
mental and physical development the
Chinese government banned the sale of
video game consoles in the year 2000 it
didn’t work instead back my online and
personal computer games which makes
China the world’s third largest market
in terms of revenue it was a nice effort
but console still came into the country
through the great market it wasn’t until
2014 that the Ministry of Culture
finally lifted the ban in the shanghai
free trade zone and allowed foreign
companies like Microsoft and Sony to
build their console a year later the
band was listed Asian wide
all of these were technically illegal
before the ban was lifted they were
smuggled in from Hong Kong the US and
sometimes Japan video games themselves
though are still restricted and need to
be approved by the ministry number eight
online video games banned by South Korea
the government estimates that around 10
percent of young people between 10 and
19 are internet haptics whereas China
banned console South Korea went a
different way and struck at PC gaming
which is responsible for a large part of
the country’s video game addiction as
part of the government’s effort to fight
it they introduced the Cinderella law in
2011 which sadly has nothing to do with
glass slippers and handsome princes
goodbye no wait come back and more to do
with ending your adventures at midnight
also called the shutdown loss it blocks
access to online games for people under
16 from 12 a.m. to 6 a.m.
in 2014 the law was eased to allow
parents to decide whether or not they
wanted the law to apply to their
children which is a saving grace for
unite our gamers but seriously get some
sleep how do you kill that which has no
life
number 7 baby walkers banned by Canada
so children can fall down stairs they
can now reach things that they wouldn’t
be able to reach before 2004 Canada
officially banned this seemingly
harmless tool for toddlers following a
15 year voluntary ban on retailers seems
like the device might not be so harmless
after all
as baby walkers meant to help baby you
learn to walk faster can actually have
the opposite effect and delay the
process by two to three weeks then there
are all those preventable injuries
Canada was the first country to ban
walkers and if you think you’d be able
to get one secondhand well that’s
illegal too if you’re caught with one
you could be fined up to $1,000 Canadian
or spent six months in jail
yikes number six chewing gum banned by
Singapore
I am sorbitol mallet of xylitol mannitol
calcium carbonate soy lecithin vegetable
directly romantic before Expediency
steak you can call me come
this fan was proposed in 1983 because
gum was being used to vandalize
mailboxes high-rise apartments keyholes
and elevator button
it wasn’t until 1987 that things got
serious though with people disposing of
their gum on the new railway system the
MRT gum was used to block censors and
prevent stores from clothing which cost
a pretty penny to repair in 1992 the new
prime minister put the ban into effect
and today the only gum allowed in
Singapore is dental or nicotine gum
which is prescribed by a doctor hmm
Nik Kingdom being caught with gum can
lead to a fine or imprisonment and just
spitting it out in public carries a $700
fine have you ever got enough fine
before no Hannah number 5 flip-flop
banned by Capri Italy flip-flop sure
that sounds annoying but folks on the
Italian island of Capri took their
annoyance to the next level and banned
flip-flops altogether the beach shoes
fall into the category of noisy Footwear
which isn’t allowed under risk of fight
or arrest
so people please keep your clogs at home
too it’s one of many bans in Italy aimed
at preserving public security dangerous
to drive in flip-flops shall then sorry
I just don’t want to be yet another
flip-flop fatality building sandcastles
collecting seashells playing ball games
kissing in a car and wearing miniskirts
are all forbidden as well in different
areas still all of that probably won’t
stop anyone from vacationing on
Caffrey’s beautiful beaches number four
blue jeans banned by North Korea Western
culture may not always be the best
influence when it comes to certain
things but who can argue with the
utility and comfort of blue Jeep
uncomfortable and Jane’s daughter tough
well kim jeong-hoon for one that’s you
in an attempt to minimize the influence
of westerns fashion North Korea’s leader
banned blue jeans in the country while
it is a nationwide ban it will primarily
be enforced in the areas closest to the
Chinese border where the most American
culture can sneak in the ban also
extends to all piercings including ears
it might be just another day in North
Korea but to a democratic nation the
band seems unbelievable number three
kinder eggs banned by the US a warning
this entry may contain small parts of
nonsense that could cause confusion
hazards adult supervision required the
ban on Kinder Surprise eggs actually
goes back to a 1938 act that prohibits
candy with a non-nutritive substance in
it to be sold in the US
thanks to possible choking hazards and
the fact that they’re only suitable for
children’s over three years of age
Kinder Surprise cannot be sold in the
country the eggs can’t even be brought
into America and finds a reportedly set
at 300 to $2,500 per egg how’s that for
a Kinder Surprise while the u.s. is the
only country to avenge the chocolate
there have only been a reported seven
deaths worldwide from kids choking on
tinder since 1989
number two doorknobs banned by Vancouver
Canada I said a little of that went a
long way
aside from paving the way for low flush
toilets and LED light bulbs Vancouver is
also the first Canadian city to ban
doorknobs this has been in the hopes
that people won’t get stuck in whatever
room they’re in with levers being used
to open doors instead children I must
ask you not to use any of the doorknobs
enough
just push on the wood of the door
and it’ll open as of 2014 all new
buildings have been built with levers
instead of not in an effort to phase out
the old design it is mainly meant to aid
the disabled and people with arthritis
but it also helps people who are older
or carrying things in their hands like
groceries the band was part of a bylaw
to make housing more accessible which
also mandated bigger hallways higher
outlets and wider staircases for
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number one ketchup
banned by France hip hip hip hip this
band might be the most baffling of them
all as of 2011 ketchup has been banned
in school cafeterias in France the
reason for the prohibition according to
national association of directors of
collective restaurants chairman
christophe a bath is to preserve french
culture
luckily french fries aren’t too
traditionally french meal so kids won’t
have to suffer through eating plain
potato things which they can only have
once per week anyway if aunt sees
ketchup as two american and once
children to learn native french recipes
and pass them down to their kids he also
believes that ketchup covers up the
taste of their fine cuisine and you know
what he’s kind of right ketchup is a
garbage condiment there I said it
I’m in way over my head he’s talking to
the ketchup now do you agree with our
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