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    Pretty Boy Floyd
    Pretty Boy Floyd
    A bank robber named "Pretty Boy" Charles Floyd reportedly destroyed mortgage papers on heists, freeing hundreds of people from property debt.
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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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    IRS: Criminals legally required to declare illegal income on tax return
    According to the IRS, self-employed criminals are required to declare the source of their illegal income (like selling drugs) - and they can't prosecute for it!
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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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    Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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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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