1. In Miami, a thief broke into a sneaker store and took 20 shoes," Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon reported in 2022. "But when he got out, he realized he only stole the left sneakers."
  2. Transit fare dodgers in Helsinki once formed an insurance company. "With the help of the freeloader's fund," organizers explained, "we can share the risk associated with stealing rides." 
  3. In 2001, Italy's Highest Court ruled that it was not a crime for a man to pinch a woman's bum if it was a "sudden and isolated action."
  4. A Russian man parked his Jeep outside a church, asked a priest for a blessing to keep him safe, and came out to find that his Jeep had been stolen.
  5. A man in Bergamo, Italy was amazed when a Citroen ran a stop sign and plowed into his Mercedes. He was more amazed when he saw that the car was carrying a group of nuns. But he was most amazed when the nuns sped off instead of stopping.
  6. At a press conference after Human Kindness Day on May 10, 1975, police in Washington, DC reported 600 arrests, 150 smashed windows, 42 looted refreshment stands, 17 stonings of uniformed officers, 33 fires, 120 public brawls, and 14 cars demolished on Constitution Avenue.
  7. Blondie singer Debbie Harry accepted a ride from a stranger. After seeing that her door handle had been removed, she freaked and opened it through the window: "He tried to stop me by spinning the car, but it helped fling myself out." Harry later saw the man on the news. It was serial killer Ted Bundy.
  8. German police investigating reports of gunshots traced them to exploding seed pods from a wisteria plant in the caller's garden.
  9. Roman officials confiscated a nativity scene from Peru whose customs form described it as a "unique artwork." It sure was. The figures were all carved from pure cocaine.
  10. In a 100 Humans experiment, subjects gave attractive criminals more lenient sentences.