Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.
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Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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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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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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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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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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In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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