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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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    Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
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    Self-Trolling
    Self-Trolling
    A woman in Britain was sentenced to 20 months in jail for creating fake Facebook profiles and trolling herself.
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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    Unique Prison in Brazil
    Unique Prison in Brazil
    There is a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles, providing electricity to a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.
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    In 2008, 500 truckloads of sand were stolen from a beach in Jamaica
    In 2008, a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this day.
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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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