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TIL that there’s an asteroid named after james bond

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KAYG TIL there is a town in Brazil that powers its streetlights by having convicts pedal bicycles attached to generators.
ADlmB TIL that salt was so valuable during roman times, soldiers were partially paid in salt. Creating the term salary.
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