Law and Crime Facts

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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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    Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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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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    China Afforrestation
    China Afforrestation
    In 1981, the Chinese government passed a resolution that makes it a duty of every citizen over the age of 11 to plant at least one tree per year.
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    In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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    About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
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    It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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