Law and Crime Facts

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    Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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    In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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    IRS: Criminals legally required to declare illegal income on tax return
    According to the IRS, self-employed criminals are required to declare the source of their illegal income (like selling drugs) - and they can't prosecute for it!
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    In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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