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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    A Missouri family sued the previous owners of a house that they had just bought after Brown Recluse Spiders "started bleeding out of the walls." An expert came in and estimated that the house was infested with 4,000 – 5,000 of the spiders.
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    Richard Klinkhamer
    Richard Klinkhamer
    A year after his wife's disappearance, a Dutch crime writer named Richard Klinkhamer wrote a suspicious book about seven ways to kill your spouse. He became famous and spent the next decade hinting in print and on TV that he had murdered her. Finally, it turned out that he really had.
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    Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
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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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    16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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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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    There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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