Law and Crime Facts

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    A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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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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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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    Missing Plane
    Missing Plane
    In 2003, a Boeing 727-223 was stolen from an airport in Angola. Despite a worldwide search, it still has not been found.
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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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    In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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