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The Fuggerei is a housing complex in Augsburg, Germany, where rent for each of the 67 houses and 147 apartments is just 0.88 euros a year. The rent has not been raised since the first houses were built in 1514. 

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Watch: The story of how they found Carmela, just a day after wishing for her, is pretty amazing.

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Orchids got their name because their roots look like balls. ‘Orkhis’ is Greek for testicles. 

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When your 10 1/2 month old only allowed 4 hours of sleep 😢😔😳

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New York state agrees to reform solitary confinement

On Wednesday New York state proposed an overhaul of the use of solitary confinement in its prisons. The $62 million agreement is the direct result of the Peoples v. Fischer class-action lawsuit. Leroy Peoples alleges he spent 780 days and later an additional six months isolated in an elevator-sized cell as a result of nonviolent infractions. The agreement could overhaul the system.

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#solitaryistorture #ihopeothersfollowsuit

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Watch: Killer Mike and Bernie Sanders also discussed the danger of Donald Trump and his campaign.

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UPDATE: Bernie Sanders just shattered U.S. campaign records by bringing in 2 million individual donations. That blows President Obama’s ‘08 campaign out of the water.

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I hope he gets the nomination

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Agricultural Guerrillas Are Secretly Transforming Urban Saplings into Fruit-Bearing Trees

Agricultural Guerrillas Are Secretly Transforming Urban Saplings into Fruit-Bearing Trees

Guerilla Grafters, a group started in 2011, is secretly involved in altering the ornamental trees present in San Francisco and has been grafting the trees so that they are able to bear fruits. The ornamental trees that otherwise bear no fruits now have branches that bear fruits, which this group achieved in a bid to create a better and sustainable environment. They came up with this idea when…

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Love this!

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(via Martin Shkreli Has Been Arrested By The FBI | IFLScience)

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She won't take a nap without it

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LISTEN: Voices Of Baltimore Protesters In The Wake Of A Mistrial

The few protesters who lingered into the night were wracked by disillusionment. Every part of their government is broken, they said, and fixing it will be a tough battle.

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Check out our new video to see every NASA astronaut class. Some patterns emerge.

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Hopefully this inspires more ladies to apply. -Emily

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Got to watch Eddie Izzard LIVE 12/15/15! Josh and Rylie took me and we had a blast! So funny!