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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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    Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft.com
    Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft.com
    Microsoft once sued a student named Mike Rowe for registering the domain 'MikeRoweSoft.com'.
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    In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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    In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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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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    About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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