Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.
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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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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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