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Today I learned that part of the reason Pythagoras hated beans so much was the belief that beans contained the souls of dead people. Hence, when you farted, you farted the souls of your dead ancestors.

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0ME1 TIL the Million Program is an ambitious public housing initiative implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974. Aiming to give everyone a home at a reasonable price, it was the most ambitious building program in the world – adding one million new homes in a nation with a population of eight million.
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