As a society, we're pretty good at spotting the difference between actual science and superstitious nonsense. But everybody's got their weak points: Maybe you're a totally rational human being who also happens to believe in alien abductions, ghost kidnappings or yeti carjackings. That's OK. You're not alone. Why, sometimes even courts and governments blur the line between reality and bullshit ...

6 The Romanian Government Is Afraid of Witches

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Witchcraft is a big industry in Romania, which probably isn't that surprising if you're pop-culture racists like us and pretty much think of the place as being staffed exclusively by Gypsies and vampires. The Romanian government, shockingly, supports this ridiculous stereotype: Back in 2010, they drafted a law that would make witchcraft a legitimate profession for tax purposes. The Senate rejected the law -- not because they weren't anxious to get their hands on some witch taxes, but because they were afraid of being cursed for it.

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We thought tax people would be accustomed to curses.

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Romania is suffering through a tough economic downturn and is desperate for new sources of income. So the government's attention turned to those crafty fortunetellers, who have so far managed to avoid paying taxes on their profession, due to the minor loophole that their "profession" doesn't technically exist. But Romania's witches threatened immediate retribution by casting a spell with black pepper and yeast, which sounds like a good start to a tasty bread to us, but in Romania was evidently considered a serious enough threat to shake up the lawmakers.

Eventually the law passed when enough officials decided that bakery-themed disharmony wasn't a sufficient enough threat to risk economic catastrophe. But, more recently, Romania has tempted further witchy retribution by proposing other laws -- ones that would hold witches accountable by fines or even jail time if their predictions don't come true.

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"I miss the drowning and burnings."

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Actually, that's just good business sense: If you're going to mess with witches, you might as well make sure to only target the incompetent ones.