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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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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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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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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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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About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
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