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TIL that in the Fuggerei, the oldest social housing complex in the world (located in the German city of Augsburg), the rent hasn't changed for over 500 years, and still stands at one Rhenish guilder (0.88 euros) per year, as well as three daily Catholic prayers for the current owners

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