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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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    Missing Plane
    Missing Plane
    In 2003, a Boeing 727-223 was stolen from an airport in Angola. Despite a worldwide search, it still has not been found.
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    No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
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    Bank robber John Dillinger played professional baseball.
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    The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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    Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
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    Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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    North Korea Cannabis
    North Korea Cannabis
    The only country where cannabis is completely legal and du jure is North Korea.
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