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TIL William Lawrence Murphy invented the Murphy Bed because he lived in a one room apartment and the strict moral code of the time frowned upon a woman entering a man’s bedroom. Murphy’s invention converted his bedroom into a parlor, thus enabling him to entertain women.

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