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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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    Richard Klinkhamer
    Richard Klinkhamer
    A year after his wife's disappearance, a Dutch crime writer named Richard Klinkhamer wrote a suspicious book about seven ways to kill your spouse. He became famous and spent the next decade hinting in print and on TV that he had murdered her. Finally, it turned out that he really had.
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    Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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    16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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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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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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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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    Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
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