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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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Self-Trolling
A woman in Britain was sentenced to 20 months in jail for creating fake Facebook profiles and trolling herself.
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In 2008, a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this day.
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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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According to the IRS, self-employed criminals are required to declare the source of their illegal income (like selling drugs) - and they can't prosecute for it!
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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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Missing Plane
In 2003, a Boeing 727-223 was stolen from an airport in Angola. Despite a worldwide search, it still has not been found.
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Simon Cowell Arrested
At age 12, Simon Cowell was arrested for hijacking a bus with a toy gun.
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