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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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 U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
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