A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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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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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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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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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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The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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