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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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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Nose prints can be used to identify dogs, just like humans use fingerprints!
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16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket.
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Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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Half of all identity thieves are either relatives, friends, or neighbors of their victims.
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Just before the US started bombing Baghdad, nearly $1 billion dollars was stolen from the Central Bank of Iraq and is now the largest bank robbery in history.
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