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A Venezuelan airport is charging for air. Yes, air.

The international airport in Caracas, Venezuela, is now charging for air.

Those various and sundry airport taxes may have finally jumped the shark.

Outbound passengers at the international airport in Caracas, Venezuela will now have to pay 127 Bolívar – about $20 at the official rate of exchange – to breathe.

The government apparently needs it cover the cost of a newly-installed system that uses ozone to purify the air conditioning system.

No word on what happens if you don’t pay.

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