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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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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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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There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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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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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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Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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