No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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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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A man gets robbed in London every 4.5 minutes! (and he is getting fed up of it)
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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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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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