Fact #58524
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An eleven-member gang steals $1.2m in cash, plus over $1.5m in cheques, money orders and other securities from The Brinks Building in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It is the largest robbery in the history of the United States, and will become feted as 'the crime of the century'. The incident will inspire the song Brinx Job by Pavement.
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