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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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    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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    According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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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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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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    Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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    Whipping Tom
    Whipping Tom
    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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    Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft.com
    Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft.com
    Microsoft once sued a student named Mike Rowe for registering the domain 'MikeRoweSoft.com'.
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