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Less than 10% of criminals commit about 67% of all crime.
Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
More than ten people a year are killed by vending machines.
Moscow weathermen can be fined for inaccurate weather forecasting!
Most burglaries occur during the daytime!
Murder is the only crime that does not increase during the full moon. Theft, disorderly conduct, larceny, armed robbery, assault and battery, and rape all statistically increase dramatically during the full moon.
Native Americans do not have to pay tax on their land.
New Zealand is the first country to allow women to vote.
No patent can ever be taken out on a gambling machine in the United States.
Only 1 out of 700 identity thieves gets caught!
The Bible is the most-shoplifted book in the world.
The penalty for masturbation in Indonesia is decapitation.
The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
The United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the world.
There have been over 7,200 acts of terrorism against the US over the last 15 years.
To take an oath, ancient Romans put a hand on their testicles…that’s where the word “testimony” comes from.
Washington, D.C. has one lawyer for every 19 residents!
Women wishing to enter Canada to work as strippers must provide naked photos of themselves to qualify for a visa!
Your home is ten times more likely to have a fire than be burglarized!
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