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Wednesday is SlurpFree Day at 7-Eleven Stores

Get a free 7.11 ounce Slurpee at 7-Eleven today, to help you over hump day.

Slurpee fans: Get your brain freeze and sugar high today, for free.

Participating 7-Eleven stores are giving away free, 7.11-ounce cups of the popular frozen drink today, "SlurpFree Day," from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The freebies are being handed out to celebrate the beginning of the summer, "the official Slurpee season," said 7-Eleven officials in Dallas. 

If you want the brain freeze without the calories, there's the new Slurpee Lite Fanta Sugar-Free Mango drink. The Slurpee Lite Fanta debuted this month and is the first of several sugar-free and regular flavors this summer, according to a 7-Eleven news release. 

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The 8-ounce Slurpee Lite Fanta Sugar-Free Mango drink contains 20 calories, compared with 66 calories in the same size Slurpee Fanta Wild Cherry, according to 7-Eleven offcials.

For all the Slurpee fans out there, here's the official flavor debut time line:

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May:  Slurpee Lite: Fanta Sugar-Free Mango

June: Slurpee: Fanta: Watermelon Lime

July: Slurpee Lite: Fanta Sugar-Free Strawberry Banana

        Slurpee: Fanta Lemon Crème

August: Slurpee Lite:Fanta Sugar-Free Cherry Limeade

              Slurpee: Fanta Orange Xplosion

If one day of free Slurpees just isn't enough, plan ahead: On July 11, 7-Eleven will celebrate its birthday with (another) Free Slurpee Day.

Silver Spring 7-Eleven locations: Fenton Street, Colesville Road, Piney Branch Road

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