Law and Crime Facts

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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    In 1970, Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substance Act into law, making DMT and many other substances illegal. However, DMT is produced naturally by the body, and found in a multitude of human bodily fluids and tissues. Essentially, this makes all humans illegal.
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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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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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