Law and Crime Facts

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    Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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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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    In the late 1600s, London was plagued by an attacker who would spank his victims with a rod and shout "Spanko!" before running away.
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    In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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    If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it)
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    In Japan, gambling is illegal. However, they circumvent the law by giving out prizes instead of cash, which the winner can then sell back to the establishment for cash.
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