Law and Crime Facts

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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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    In 2008, 500 truckloads of sand were stolen from a beach in Jamaica
    In 2008, a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this day.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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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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    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 United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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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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