Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
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Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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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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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.
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