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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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 United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    Pretty Boy Floyd
    Pretty Boy Floyd
    A bank robber named "Pretty Boy" Charles Floyd reportedly destroyed mortgage papers on heists, freeing hundreds of people from property debt.
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    A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    Yakuza Aid
    Yakuza Aid
    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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