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TIL that under French colonial rule in Morocco, settlers had 36.5 km of sewers built for them, while Moroccans got only 4.3 km. Moroccans paid 24% more per hectare for land that was 50 times smaller, and they were legally banned from purchasing land from French settlers.

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