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Friday 15 November, 2024

You can now pay for train tickets in Russia with exercise

30 squats equals one ticket.

AS YOU PROBABLY know, Russia is hosting the Winter Olympics next year in Sochi.

To celebrate, some underground stations in Moscow are now accepting exercise instead of money at their ticket machines.

Want a ticket? Do 30 squats.

Not a bad initiative!

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H/T to Mashable.

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Louise McSharry

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You can now pay for train tickets in Russia with exercise

This emoji biography of Miley Cyrus is frighteningly accurate>

How much of a ride is Ryan Gosling, really?>