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 IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
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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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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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