There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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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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