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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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    South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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    The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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    IRS: Criminals legally required to declare illegal income on tax return
    According to the IRS, self-employed criminals are required to declare the source of their illegal income (like selling drugs) - and they can't prosecute for it!
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