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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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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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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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    Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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    In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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