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Pay toilet or toilet pay

February 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Citizens in the small town of Musiri, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, can now make 14 cents a month using the bathroom (CNN): The government-backed program serves two purposes: It encourages people to discard age-old practices of urinating and defecating in the open, leading to diseases. And the waste products go into research to [...]

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