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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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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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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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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