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TIL of the 172-year old Botafumeiro, a giant incense spreader (AKA a "thurible") that is swung from the ceiling of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Spain at speeds of about 68 km/h, reaching 21 meters from the ground at the height of its 65-meter arc

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