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Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week (www.reuters.com)

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read somewhere that Mao's family was considered well off for peasants because they could afford eggs a few times a year. I have no idea if there's any truth to that.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

They had to go hat in hand to the Egg Monopoly Lady every year to ask for a single egg for their New Years Celebration.