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TIL that Norway has something called ‘folkehøyskole’ aka 'people’s college’ where you pay $70,000 a year to live on the school’s property, go to classes of your choice of no academic value, have no exams and take trips to different locations through the year.It’s basically a year-long summercamp.

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