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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No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick, stating that “women found guilty of seducing men into matrimony by a cosmetic means could be tried for witchcraft.”
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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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In 2013, the Netherlands scheduled 19 prisons to be closed due to a lack of criminals.
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