In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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