In 1987, a Chicago TV station had its broadcast interrupted by a pirate signal that shows a man in a Max Headroom mask mumbling and being spanked with a fly swatter. Despite investigations by the FCC and FBI, this became the only known incident in which a hacker interrupted a major TV broadcast without getting caught.
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Anthony Greco, aged 18, became the first person arrested for spim (unsolicited instant messages) on February 21,2005.
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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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According to Gaming Law, casinos have to stock enough cash to cover all the chips on the 'floor'.
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Every day 20 banks are robbed. The average take is $2,500!
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