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TIL Uruguay’s president lives in a farm-house with no servants. Has two security guards. Donates 90 percent of his salary, has a net worth of $1,800, and drives a 1987 VW Beetle. He has sold the seaside presidential palaces, advocates for legalizing marijuana, and same-sex marriage.

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