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TIL A city treasurer stole over $50 million over the course over over 20 years from a small rural town in Illinois, crippling the infrastructure due to budget shortages.

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e01xn TIL about Jeremy Harper, who verbally counted every number up to a million. It took him 89 days (16 hours a day), averaging just over 11,200 numbers per day.