If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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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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Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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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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There’s a law in Canada called the “Apology Act” which prevents parties from using an apology as a statement of fault in court.
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