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 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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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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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.
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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it)
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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