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    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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    In 1970, Richard Nixon signed the Controlled Substance Act into law, making DMT and many other substances illegal. However, DMT is produced naturally by the body, and found in a multitude of human bodily fluids and tissues. Essentially, this makes all humans illegal.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    Pretty Boy Floyd
    Pretty Boy Floyd
    A bank robber named "Pretty Boy" Charles Floyd reportedly destroyed mortgage papers on heists, freeing hundreds of people from property debt.
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    Richard Klinkhamer
    Richard Klinkhamer
    A year after his wife's disappearance, a Dutch crime writer named Richard Klinkhamer wrote a suspicious book about seven ways to kill your spouse. He became famous and spent the next decade hinting in print and on TV that he had murdered her. Finally, it turned out that he really had.
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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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