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50 Things That Made the Modern Economy

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Sewing - The Only Thing That Keeps Women Quiet

Isaac Merich Singer was an incorrigible womanizer, who fathered at least 22 children. For years he managed to run three families, not all of whom were aware the others existed. His biographer dryly remarks that he adds a certain backbone of solidity to the feminist movement.

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