"People never knew we were poor, but out of that poverty came the most incredible inventions - board games, recipes... we never stopped inventing."

People, Games, Inventions, Poor

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"People never knew we were poor, but out of that poverty came the most incredible inventions - board games, recipes... we never stopped inventing."

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