In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.
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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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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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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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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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