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TIL that there’s a town in Brazil that powers its streetlights by having convicts pedal bicycles attached to generators.

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gRA7 TIL mountains on Saturn’s moon Titan are named after mountains in Middle-Earth
P1VVZ TIL in 2020 a man in Como, Italy stepped outside to cool off after fighting with his wife and ended up walking 450km. His walk eventually ended a week later when he was stopped in Fano and fined €400 for breaking the curfew. His wife, who had reported him missing, travelled to Fano to collect him.
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