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81: Minutes thieves spent in Boston’s Gardner Museum when they stole $300 million worth of art in 1990

13: Number of works stolen, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, five Degas and a Manet

23: Age of rock-musician, occasional-marijuana-smoking museum security guard who buzzed in the thieves (dressed as police officers)

8:15 a.m.: Time police found the guards, bound in duct tape

5: Percentage of stolen artwork that is returned to owners

Source: Boston Globe (http://www.boston.com/news/specials/gardner_heist/heist/)

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