In the Bemba tribe of southern Africa, if someone does something hurtful, they take the person to the center of the town where the entire tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days they tell him every good thing he has ever done, because they believe that every person comes into the world as good.
44
Al Capone earned $105m per year from alcohol and rackets during the Prohibition era. Today, this would be equivalent to $1.4b per year.
7
Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
76
A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it)
329
About 1 in 30 people, in the U.S., are in jail, on probation, or on parole!
223
The 'v' in the name of a court case does not stand for 'versus', but for 'and' (in civil proceedings) or 'against' (in criminal proceedings).
-177