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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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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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    In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
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    Whipping Tom
    Whipping Tom
    In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
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    Yakuza Aid
    Yakuza Aid
    During the 1995 and 2011 Japanese Earthquakes, the Yakuza provided aid such as food, water, blankets, and diapers, much faster than the Japanese government.
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    Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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    According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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