Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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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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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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