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    North Korea Cannabis
    North Korea Cannabis
    The only country where cannabis is completely legal and du jure is North Korea.
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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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    Fines in Finland
    Fines in Finland
    In Finland, fines are income-based. In 2002, a Nokia executive received a US$103,000 speeding ticket.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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