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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There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
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Some British police cars carry a teddy bear to console children after an accident.
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The IRS employees tax manual has instructions for collecting taxes after a nuclear war.
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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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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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In 1995, a man named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from the US Army and took it for a joyride on a highway in California.
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In 2010, police in Belfast, Northern Ireland, used ice cream van music to calm angry teen rioters - and it worked!
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