Law and Crime Facts

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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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    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 U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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    Unique Prison in Brazil
    Unique Prison in Brazil
    There is a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles, providing electricity to a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.
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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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    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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    In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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