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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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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