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BUNGLED BURGLARIES • To guard against recognition, a bank robber in London wore three stocking masks and a scarf over his face. He announced that he had a gun and ordered everyone to lie down, then reached into his pocket to pull out his gun to show he meant business. However, his vision was obstructed so completely by the layers of masks that instead of a gun he pulled out his glasses case. After a few minutes of brandishing this unusual weapon at the amused hostages, he fled. He was arrested shortly afterward.

• A guy robbed a bank in Champaign, Illinois in 1985 and was caught when he returned to the same bank at a later date to open a new account.

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5. On what day of the week do the 1. This famous bank robber became greatest number of bank robberies a folk hero for his custom of occur? destroying mortgage papers when- 6. How long is the key that opens ever he robbed a bank. Name him. the vaults at the Bank of Eng2. Legally speaking, what’s the land? difference between theft and 7. What famous heavy metal band realeased the 1980 song “Breakrobbery? ing the Law”?

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BUNGLED BURGLARIES (continued): • Raymond Burles walked into a bank in France, demanded the cash, and stacked it neatly in a zippered case. When he laid his gun on top of the money and zipped the case closed, security officers nabbed him.

• The cashier gave a bank robber in Oakland a bag full of marked bills secretly rigged with an explosive device that would detonate as soon as it passed through the bank's door. The robber soon regretted stuffing the bag down the front of his trousers.

• A bank robber in Oregon handed a note to the teller saying, "This is a holdup and I've got a gun.

Put the money in a paper bag." The cashier wrote back, "I haven't got a paper bag." The robber fled.

• Bruce Damon held up the Mutual Federal Savings Bank in Brockton, Massachusetts. He stunned tellers when he demanded that instead of cash, he wanted them to write out a check. He was arrested when he tried to deposit the check into his account at another bank.

• A bank robber in Los Angeles made off with over $5,000 but dropped his wallet containing all of his ID as he left the bank. Shortly afterwards, he appeared at the police station. He was hoping if he returned all the money the police would return his wallet and forget about the whole thing. They accepted the return of the money but refused to forget about the whole thing.

• A bank robber in Brooklyn stuffed nearly half a million dollars in bills into two Hefty bags. The bags were too heavy to carry so he dragged them towards the door. When one of the bags split open and spilled all the money on the floor, he stopped to collect it. That's when security officers grabbed him.

• A bank robber in Tel Aviv in 1995 was foiled by a hard-of-hearing cashier, who could not hear him whispering, “This is a hold-up." He fled in embarrassment.

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UNUSUAL HOLD-UPS • In Charleston, South Carolina, a man handed a stick-up note to an ATM machine in front of a bank. When the machine didn't come across with any cash, he shot it twice and drove off. He was later arrested.

• A man decided to rob a bank's outdoor night deposit box in West Virginia in 1980. He wrapped a chain around it and attached the other end to his bumper. When he took off, he expected the front door of the box to rip off. Instead, the night deposit box was left intact— and his rear bumper came off. He drove away, leaving the bumper behind him. Police arriving on the scene noted the license plate still attached to the bumper and arrested him in short order.

• An armored car robbery in Arlington, Texas in 1991 occurred right next to a busload of Japanese tourists, who were all armed with cameras.

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• In 1990 James Richardson and Jeffrey Defalco tried to steal a safe weighing three tons. It wouldn't fit in their car so they tied a chain around it and dragged it behind their car. It made an incredible noise and threw up a huge shower of sparks, which attracted the attention of many people. It also dented the pavement, leaving an easy-to-follow trail for the police. The safe was empty.

GET-AWAY GOOFS • A bank robber in Riverhead, New York in 1979 was dismayed when he returned to his car with the cash to find the car would not start. Police found him hiding in a nearby tree.

• Paul Benier robbed the Lafayette Cooperative Bank in Swansea, Massachusetts. When he rushed to the get-away car, he discovered he had locked the keys in the car.

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GET-AWAY GOOFS (continued): • Two 17-year-old boys robbed the Seafirst Bank in suburban Seattle. The battery in their get-away car went dead at the crucial moment. When they got out to check under the hood, the doors shut and automatically locked behind them. The key was in the ignition, the money was locked in the car, the battery was dead and they didn't have a spare key— so they took off running. They ran smack into the police car that showed up just then.

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• In 1931 a couple of would-be bank robbers in Shelby, Kentucky, stole a truck to use as their get-away vehicle. They parked it right outside the bank while they went in to do the robbing.

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MOMENTS IN TIME • On March 24, 1765, the British Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. The New York assembly refused to comply with the law.

• On March 28, 1774, upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, which included closing the port of Boston and giving immunity to British officials in criminal prosecution.

• On March 26, 1804, President Thomas Jefferson attends a public party at the Senate and leads a crowd in consuming an enormous loaf of bread. The giant bread was baked to go with the remnants of an enormous 1,200-pound block of cheese given by a group of Baptist women two years prior.

• On March 25, 1958, Sugar Ray Robinson defeats Carmen Basilio to regain the middleweight championship. It was the fifth and final title of his career.

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• On March 23, 1962, Pakistan's governor, Ayub Khan, gives first lady Jacqueline Kennedy a horse named Sardar because of their common interest in horses. In her memoirs, the first lady referred to Sardar as her "favorite treasure."

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• On March 27, 1973, Marlon Brando declines the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "The Godfather." American Indian actress Sacheen Littlefeather attended the ceremony in Brando's place, stating that the actor could not accept the award, as he was protesting Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans in film.

• On March 29, 1982, the University of North Carolina wins the NCAA men's basketball championship with a 63-62 defeat of Georgetown University. With 15 seconds on the clock, Georgetown point guard Fred Brown accidentally threw the ball to Carolina's James Worthy, mistaking him for a Georgetown teammate.

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• Richard Stowell robbed the Chase Lincoln First Bank in Syracuse, New York. He tried to make his quick get-away on a city bus. He failed. It was the second time he'd been apprehended on a bus after robbing a bank.

• Bank robber Anthony Colella got away with $2,100 in a holdup in Brooklyn. However, as he was making his get-away, he was mugged by an attacker who jumped out of a station wagon.

The mugger relieved him of his entire haul. This upset the bank robber so much that he called the police and reported the crimes— both of them.

The cops promptly arrested him.

• A bank in Nice, France was robbed of about $10 million in valuables and currency. Many rich depositors didn't even apply to be reimbursed for their losses because it would have meant revealing how much they had stashed away without reporting it for taxes.

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• Charles Darrow is remembered as the inventor of the game Monopoly, though that's not quite the truth. In fact, Charles Darrow took a game that already existed, modified it, patented it, and marketed it. Because of his efforts, it eventually became the #1 selling game of all time.

• Charles Darrow was a salesman in Philadelphia who sold heaters. After the stock market crash of 1929, he lost his job and supported himself with a number of odd jobs.

• At the time, there were a number of board games making the rounds. One was called The Landlord's Game, and another one was called The Fascinating Game of Finance.

• Charles' wife Esther was friends with a man named Charles Todd, who was a big fan of a similar sort of game, which used the streets of Atlantic City (where he vacationed) as the property titles. Todd taught the game to Esther, and Esther taught the game to her husband.

• Charles Darrow thought there might be a way to make money off the game, so he and his wife and his son William set up a cottage industry manufacturing and selling the game. Charles carved tiny houses and hotels out of scrap wood, Esther hand-painted the property titles and the Chance and Community Chest cards, and William made the game boards out of circular pieces of oilcloth. Charles originally used charms from Esther's charm bracelet as the game pieces. They called their version of the game Monopoly.

• In 1933, Charles copyrighted the game in spite of the fact that he was not technically the inventor. Still, he sold plenty of copies to Wanamaker's Department Store in Philadelphia, at $2.50 each.

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DARROW (continued): • Charles approached both Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers to see if they would buy the rights to the game, but was turned down. Parker Brothers thought it was too long and complex. But when Darrow started selling over 5,000 copies a year, Parker Brothers bought the rights to the game.

• Within a year, 20,000 sets of the game were being produced every week. Monopoly ended up being the best-selling board game in America that year, and it made Darrow the first millionaire game designer in history.

• When Parker Brothers was subsequently sued by people who had come up with similar games, the company bought out the rights to all of them and re-negotiated the royalty agreement they had with Charles Darrow.

• After World War II, sales went from 800,000 a year to over one million.

• Charles Darrow died in 1967 at the age of 78.

In 1970, Atlantic City placed a commemorative plaque in his honor on the Boardwalk, near the corner of Park Place.

• Rumor has it that during World War II, special Monopoly sets were delivered to POW camps in Germany which secretly contained files, a compass, a map, and real money. Some people claim this story is false.

• The first Monopoly edition in Braille was published in 1973.

• The Atlantic City Commissioner of Public Works considered name changes for Baltic and Mediterranean Avenues (because they are the lowest priced properties in the game) but fans of the game, along with the president of Parker Brothers, successfully lobbied for the city to keep the names.

• The longest Monopoly game ever played lasted for 70 days. More Monopoly money is printed every year than the U.S. Mint prints real money.

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• The word cash comes from the Chinese word 'kase' meaning small coin. 'Money' comes from the Roman goddess Juno Moneta, who stood guard over the temple where coins were minted. A dollar is called a buck because before money was minted, a buck skin was a common form of currency.

• The word 'check' came from the game of chess.

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• The dollar sign $ originated with the Spanish abbreviation meaning 'peso' being a combination of the letters PS.

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• It costs 2.4 cents to manufacture a penny, and 6.2 cents to manufacture a bill.

• The first coin that bore the name United States of America was minted in 1787. It was worth a cent and bore the slogan, "Mind Your Business."

• When the first U.S. mint opened, individual citizens could take their gold and silver there to have it made into coins, free of charge.

• The most valuable U.S. coin is the $3 gold piece minted in 1870. There is only one known to exist.

• All coins currently minted have a portrait of a president on them. By law no living person is allowed to be portrayed on money of the U.S. • If you count 150 one dollar bills per minute and count 16 hours a day it would take you 20 years to count out a billion dollars.

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• The Puritans wouldn't allow the singing of Christmas carols. *** Thought for the Day: "'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.' That is why so many persons don't fool with it." -Dan Kidney

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• It was a wise man, Will Rogers, who observed, "Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."

• Cleopatra's husband was her brother, Ptolemy.

• Melanie Roberts, a 41-yearold Ohio woman, was forced to have her left leg amputated. Shortly thereafter, while still recovering, she was shocked to receive a $600 bill for the funeral of her leg.

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• The name "Alice" means "noble kind"; "Amy" means "beloved"; "Angela" means "messenger of God"; and "Amanda" means "lovable."

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• ery Moore’s states thatabout computer performance doubles every 18 to 24 months, sinceif • Research has shown that peopleand areever happier 1971,spend this has been true. on experiences rather they their money • than HP, possessions.

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MONEY (continued): • If someone gave you a million one dollar bills, you would need a box three and a half feet wide by two feet deep by five feet long to carry it all, Answer: which isDell. approximately the size of a coffin.

A VERY LARGE NUMBER • There are only 7 denominations of paper mon• ey Edward Kasner mathematician.

1938 commonly in was use atoday in the U.S.:In$1, $2, he was asked to come up with a name fordea $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100. The highest very large number: the numeral one, followed nomination ever issued was the $100,000 bill, by a hundred zeros. He asked his two young which had a portrait of Woodrow Wilson on it. nephews what name they would suggest.

It is no longer printed.

• Nine-year-old Milton suggested a name • About all billsAincartoon circulation $1 bills. out ofhalf the of funnies. striparecharacter Anamed dollarBarney bill lasts 18 months in circulawasabout very popular.

Milton chose tion.

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Barney’s lastlasts name for the number. announced new3/5ths nameintact for the • • AKasner damaged bill that the is still canbig be number in for his full next face book,value. alteringIfthe spelling. redeemed only 2/5ths left,years it can be redeemed forand halfSergey face value.

• are Sixty later, Larry Page Brin Less than that andinternet it's worthless. developed a new search engine. Other search3 engines searched webpage and • About out of every 10,000each bills are counterfeit. ranked them according to how many times a • Paper money is made on from 25% and specific term appeared them, butcotton Page and 75% andtheir 0% search paper. engine It's more like cloth Brin linen designed to search for the specific than paper. term and then find out how many links there were that led back to that page, • All 50 states are listed on the top of the Lincoln which resulted in a better search engine.

Memorial on the back of a $5 bill.

• They decided they needed a name that • Ifreflected an asterisk appears of thethe serialsearch numhow manyin front websites ber on a was bill, itsearching. means it'sThey a replacement the engine took the for name original, which was defective. of Edward Kasner’s very large number, only they misspelled it slightly, it ended being • There's about 1.2 trillion so dollars in up coin and spelled exactly the same way the cartoon bills in circulation in the U.S. character Barney spelled his last name. What’s • Ifit you have $10 inatyour pocket and no debts, called?

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