About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
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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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If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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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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In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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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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