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    LIFE HACKS FROM HISTORY

    Jun 08, 2023 2 minutes

    LIFE HACK #02

    Build a dream home

    Fancy upgrading your three-bedroom semi to an 8,707-room palace complex? Justin Pollard reveals his top tips for constructing a luxury dwelling that your ancestors would be proud of

    We humans have always wanted a home, from the rock shelters of the palaeolithic period to the mansions of modern oligarchs – the main difference being that rock shelters were often

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