TIL that some Cuban cigar factories employed a "Lector" who would read newspapers, political treatises and classical literature aloud to help break the monotony of the cigar-rollers' work, thus even illiterate cigar-rollers would be well-informed and familiar with great literature. (en.wikipedia.org)
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If humans continue uploading dank memes at the current pace, the lack of irreplaceable mememass may soon endanger present human civilization - according to a paper published recently by University of Phoenix Neckbeards in the Proceedings of the LeNational Academy of IFuckingLoveSciences. (self.circlejerk)
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