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TIL Inventor of James Bond and all around bad ass ex-spy, Ian Fleming, also wrote the famous children’s book “Chitty-Chitty Bang Bang”, later adapted to screen by fellow ex-bad ass spy, Roald Dahl. Both served in the same British intelligence agency.

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