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    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.
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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    Amazing Plane Theft
    Amazing Plane Theft
    In 1956, for a bet whilst drunk, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a small plane from New Jersey and then landed it perfectly on a narrow Manhattan street in front of the bar he had been drinking at. Then, two years later, he did it again after a man didn’t believe he had done it the first time.
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    If NYC were its own country, and the NYPD was its army, it would be the twentieth-best-funded army in the world, just behind Greece and just ahead of North Korea.
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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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    According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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    Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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