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    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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    Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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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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    South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".
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    Yakuza Aid
    Yakuza Aid
    During the 1995 and 2011 Japanese Earthquakes, the Yakuza provided aid such as food, water, blankets, and diapers, much faster than the Japanese government.
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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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    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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