Law and Crime Facts

    Random Law and Crime Facts

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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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    Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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    Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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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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    There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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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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