In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
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Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar made so much money, he spent over $2,500 every month just on rubber bands to bundle up his stacks of cash.
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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
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Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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