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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When he was 7, Vin Diesel and some friends broke into a New York theater with intentions to vandalize it. Instead of calling the police, the theater’s artistic director handed them scripts and offered them parts in the upcoming show. This became Diesel’s first acting role.
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Tickling was a form of torture used in ancient China on nobility because it left no mark and recovery was quick.
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The people most often killed in robberies are the robbers.
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In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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In Mohave County, Arizona, if someone is caught stealing soap, they must wash themselves with it until it has gone.
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