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.
-3
16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
42
Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
68
In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
4
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.
14
There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
6
The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
181
Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
7