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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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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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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