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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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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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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