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    In 2008, 500 truckloads of sand were stolen from a beach in Jamaica
    In 2008, a beach was stolen in Jamaica. The 500 truckloads of sand remain missing to this day.
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    The United Nations declared the Internet a basic human right in 2011.
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    Unique Prison in Brazil
    Unique Prison in Brazil
    There is a prison in Brazil that allows inmates to pedal stationary bicycles, providing electricity to a nearby city in exchange for reduced sentences.
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    Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
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    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
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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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    Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
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    In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
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