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 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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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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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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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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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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