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In August 1944 the Nazi secret police (the Gestapo) arrived and went straight to the secret annex where they arrested everyone in the house and sent them to concentration camps. It has never been revealed how they knew where the secret annex was.

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and we Americans and Canadians shake our heads
this is why your economy is in the shits
you close your shops for 3 hours a day to take naps
to drink coffee for 4 hours
you think not of the future
and because of it you are fucked.

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It’s worth reiterating. Europeans are really really good looking.

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Traveling alone scared me, but it also allowed me the opportunity to discover something that I always had inside of me.

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London is no stranger to mystery – beneath the veneer of great British charm and the throng of iconic landmarks lie some truly bizarre and unexpected sights.

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Warriors wear shower shoes. Don’t expect a shower fit for a king. Bathroom floors can look pretty gross, especially if you don’t have slippers so you wear shoes into the bathroom.

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To stay closed off in one’s bubble is the loss of time; our lives become so repetitive that escaping into someone else’s backyard if only for a week is enough enlightenment.

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