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> 700 buildings damaged, burnt, or destroyed in Minneapolis.

Classic "how to lie with numbers". 698 buildings with a broken window, one with a minor fire, and one "destroyed" (whatever that means) would satisfy this description.

Not to say that there wasn't damage done; but the stats you give are clearly designed to look bad rather than to be informative.



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