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If you bought or rented a DVD recently you had to sat through an anti-piracy ad. It recently emerged that the music on the ad was actually pirated (Melchior Reitveldt vs Buma/Stemra music).
Source: abc.net.au, Image: wikipedia
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While on a hunting expedition Theodore Roosevelt’s boat was stolen. In spite of freezing temperatures, Teddy and his friends built a raft, sailed down the river, and captured the thieves several days later.
Source: nps.gov, Image: wikipedia
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Picasso’s The Weeping Woman was once stolen from a gallery in Australia with the ransom demanding more funding for the arts. The painting was later found in a train station but the thief was never caught.
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
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When Julian Altman died, he told his wife that the violin he had been playing for almost his whole life was actually a stolen Stradivarius violin that had been made in 1713.
Source: nytimes, Image: wikipedia
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A .45 caliber handgun was stolen from President Taft by Carl Panzram and then used in several murders.
Source: wikipedia, Image: wikipedia
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