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		tenuousemphasis 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern techni... There was a time not all that long ago that the most expensive thing most people owned was clothing.

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"Dear Mother: school is fine. I'm getting good grades. Please send money for a new tunic, as I have torn my only one. Love, John" - gist of an actual 15th-century letter home from a university student.

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