Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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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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In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar made so much money, he spent over $2,500 every month just on rubber bands to bundle up his stacks of cash.
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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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