In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.
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Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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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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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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