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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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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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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There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it)
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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