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Garbage collectors open library with abandoned books

By Lucy

Turkish garbage collectors have turned trash into treasure. Literally. These sanitation workers have saved books from certain death and, instead, given them a new life. You can now visit their public library in Ankara with over 6,000 volumes. All thanks to these trash guys.


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