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TIL - In the U.K. up until 1875 boys as young as 8 were legally sold to a “master sweep” as an apprentice to sweep chimneys. Effectively slaves, after years of hard labour in harsh conditions led to disfigured appendages, poor vision, asthma and extremely high rate of scrotal cancer.

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