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Unique Prison in Brazil

There is a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles, providing electricity to a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.

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Richard Klinkhamer

A year after his wife's disappearance, a Dutch crime writer named Richard Klinkhamer wrote a suspicious book about seven ways to kill your spouse. He became famous and spent the next decade hinting in print and on TV that he had murdered her. Finally, it turned out that he really had.

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South Korea has banned under 16s from playing online games between midnight and 6am under the so-called "Cinderella Law".

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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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Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.

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Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.

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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.

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Fines in Finland

In Finland, fines are income-based. In 2002, a Nokia executive received a US$103,000 speeding ticket.

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