Random Law and Crime Facts

Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.

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Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.

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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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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.

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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 2008, 500 truckloads of sand were stolen from a beach in Jamaica

In 2008, a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this day.

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During the 1995 and 2011 Japanese Earthquakes, the Yakuza provided aid such as food, water, blankets, and diapers, much faster than the Japanese government.

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Microsoft once sued a student named Mike Rowe for registering the domain 'MikeRoweSoft.com'.

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