Random Law and Crime Facts

There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.

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Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar made so much money, he spent over $2,500 every month just on rubber bands to bundle up his stacks of cash.

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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.

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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.

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South African residents can legally attach small flamethrowers to cars to repel car jackers.

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In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.

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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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In Finland, fines are income-based. In 2002, a Nokia executive received a US$103,000 speeding ticket.

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