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    Whipping Tom
    Whipping Tom
    In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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    Unique Prison in Brazil
    Unique Prison in Brazil
    There is a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles, providing electricity to a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.
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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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    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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    About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
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    Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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