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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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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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    Whipping Tom
    Whipping Tom
    In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
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    In 2008, 500 truckloads of sand were stolen from a beach in Jamaica
    In 2008, a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this day.
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    The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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