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Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.' - Paul McCartney
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First Luddite riots - 1779, Siege of Sebastopol Begins - 1854, Breathalyser Introduced - 1967
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