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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In 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300,000,000 Yen robbery remains unsolved to this day.
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The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
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The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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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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Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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