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    According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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    Whipping Tom
    Whipping Tom
    In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
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    South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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    In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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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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