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TIL in 1998 the average monetary loss of a 7-Eleven robbery was just $37.

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XEK56 TIL the US government imposed a tax on telephone service in 1898 to support the Spanish-American War and only stopped collecting it in 2006.
GonQ TIL that there exists a car that can go 280 mpg. It is made by Volkswagen and is currently in production.
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