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TIL that there is such a thing as a two-story outhhouse

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womOo TIL the board game "Settlers of Catan" was originally designed by Klaus Teuber, a dental technician. The game gained such immense popularity that Teuber eventually retired from his profession to pursue game designing full-time. He went on to win Germany's Game of the Year award a total of four times
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