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    In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.
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    Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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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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    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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    It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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    Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.
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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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