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Stories that develop over years.
Or long well written articles, that could be on s/technology or s/news, but will probably get deleted there for some obscur rules
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#21 is my favorite:
"If a man broke into a house, he will be executed and hung in front of that breach."
This was back when houses had mud walls, the translation I read years ago was more brutal... Basically "If you break into someone's house to steal, you'll be killed and your body used to seal the hole you made."