It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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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.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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The most common time for a bank robbery is Friday, between 9 and 11 a.m. The least likely time is Wednesday, between 3 and 6 p.m.
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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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