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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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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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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Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar made so much money, he spent over $2,500 every month just on rubber bands to bundle up his stacks of cash.
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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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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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