8. Indiana: Room Temperature Water
The regulations surrounding the retail sale of alcohol are famously complex across the American Midwest, but this specific retail law baffles consumers daily. A state law mandates that a licensed beer and wine store should remain an exclusively alcoholic enterprise. Therefore, any non-alcoholic drinks, including bottled water and carbonated soda, must be sold completely unchilled and at room temperature. This legislation was heavily lobbied for by convenience store organizations. It was designed entirely to prevent liquor stores from competing directly with gas stations and grocery stores for casual, daily beverage sales, strictly limiting their economic reach.