MORE CURIOUS AND UNBELIEVABLE STORIES ABOUT STOLEN ITEMS
Added on: 8th Oct 2016
THE LARGEST BANK HEIST IN HISTORY HAPPENED
WHEN $1 BILLION WAS STOLEN FROM THE
CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ…ONE DAY BEFORE
THE US STARTED BOMBING
IN 1978, THIEVES HELD THE BODY OF CHARLIE
CHAPLIN FOR RANSOM BUT HIS WIDOW REFUSED
TO PAY IT BECAUSE SHE SAID "CHARLIE WOULD
HAVE FOUND IT RIDICULOUS"
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS IS
FAMOUS FOR HOLDING ONE RECORD…IT IS
THE MOST STOLEN BOOK FROM PUBLIC LIBRARIES
IN 1911, WHEN THE MONA LISA WAS STOLEN,
POLICE ARRESTED PABLO PICASSO
MAGIC TRICKS ARE NOT COVERED BY COPYRIGHT
LAW. WHICH MEANS YOU CAN STEAL THEM
A SECURITY GUARD IS PAID TO SIT NEXT TO A
STATUE OF JOHN LENNON IN HAVANA, CUBA. HE IS
TASKED WITH ADDING OR REMOVING LENNON'S
GLASSES ACCORDING TO THE REQUESTS OF
TOURISTS. THIS IS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM
STEALING THE GLASSES (WHICH HAS
HAPPENED A LOT IN THE PAST)
IN 2008, A BEACH IN JAMAICA DISAPPEARED OVERNIGHT
WHEN NEARLY 500 TRUCKLOADS OF SAND WERE STOLEN
IN 1987, A SMALL RADIOACTIVE DEVICE WAS STOLEN
FROM A HOSPITAL IN BRAZIL. UNFORTUNATELY
FOR THE THIEVES (WHO DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
RADIOACTIVE) FOUR PEOPLE DIED AND
200 WERE POISONED
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