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What was the world's largest bank robbery? Iraq has the distinction of having experienced the most expensive bank robbery in history: nearly $1 billion was stolen on March 18, 2003, from the Central Bank of Iraq. Banks have been around longer than money. People deposited grains, cattle and precious metals. In modern history, most of the earliest known banks were established in Italy, Greece and France. And with the banks, sadly, came bank robbers. Some of these bandits became notorious for their brashness. Australia had Ned Kelly and the Postcard Bandit. Georgia had Jaba Ioseliani. Canada had Roger Caron and Machine Gun Molly. The US had Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Willie Sutton. On March 19, 1831, the first recorded bank heist took place in New York City. Edward Smith got away with about $245,000. He was caught and imprisoned, and some of the loot was recovered.
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Throughout history there have been many noble, quirky and otherwise downright awesome Thomases. For example, take Thomas Jefferson. The third President of the United States, Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence and served during the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition. He was also a horticulturist, archaeologist and inventor. Other...

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