If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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