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    Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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    Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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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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    Richard Klinkhamer
    Richard Klinkhamer
    A year after his wife's disappearance, a Dutch crime writer named Richard Klinkhamer wrote a suspicious book about seven ways to kill your spouse. He became famous and spent the next decade hinting in print and on TV that he had murdered her. Finally, it turned out that he really had.
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    In Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
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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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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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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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