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    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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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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    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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    There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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    In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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