Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
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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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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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