Law and Crime Facts

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    Legal Car Flamethrowers
    Legal Car Flamethrowers
    South African residents can legally attach small flamethrowers to cars to repel car jackers.
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    In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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    Self-Trolling
    Self-Trolling
    A woman in Britain was sentenced to 20 months in jail for creating fake Facebook profiles and trolling herself.
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    The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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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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    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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    In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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