Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

    There are 50 Law and Crime Facts!

    Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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    Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
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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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    IRS: Criminals legally required to declare illegal income on tax return
    According to the IRS, self-employed criminals are required to declare the source of their illegal income (like selling drugs) - and they can't prosecute for it!
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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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    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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    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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    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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