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that: In Goslar, Germany, there was at one time a Town Crier hired to remind the local townspeople not to urinate or defecate in the river the day before water was drawn for brewing beer.

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Fun Fact: that: In Goslar, Germany, there was at one time a “Town Crier” hired to remind the local townspeople not to urinate or defecate in the river the day before water was drawn for brewing beer.

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