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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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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The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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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 Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
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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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In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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