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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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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it)
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    Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
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    Eighty percent of Americans will be the victim of violent crime at least once in their lifetime.
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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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    In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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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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