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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Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
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Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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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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The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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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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