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    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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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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    The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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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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    According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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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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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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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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