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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    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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    According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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    In Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
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    Self-Trolling
    Self-Trolling
    A woman in Britain was sentenced to 20 months in jail for creating fake Facebook profiles and trolling herself.
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    Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
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    In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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    Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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    Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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