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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    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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    Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
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    In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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    Richard Klinkhamer
    Richard Klinkhamer
    A year after his wife's disappearance, a Dutch crime writer named Richard Klinkhamer wrote a suspicious book about seven ways to kill your spouse. He became famous and spent the next decade hinting in print and on TV that he had murdered her. Finally, it turned out that he really had.
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    Man Robbed a Bank to Receive Prison Healthcare
    In 2013, a homeless man from Oregon robbed a bank for $1, then casually sat down and waited for police to arrest him so he could receive healthcare in prison.
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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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    China Afforrestation
    China Afforrestation
    In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution that makes it a duty of every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year.
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