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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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    The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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    China Afforrestation
    China Afforrestation
    In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution that makes it a duty of every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year.
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    Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
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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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    In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.
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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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    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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