A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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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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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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