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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It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.
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There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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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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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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Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
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