• ilinamorato@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Imagine the richest king from 1700 watching you throw away mushy brown bananas. He’d think you were loaded.

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      3 days ago

      “Sure, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system, and public health … what have the Romans ever done for us?”