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Thatch roofs were criminalized to prevent mass fires
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After realizing that tightly packing houses topped with highly flammable dried grass was a spectacularly bad idea, authorities finally started banning thatch roofs. This early building code forced commoners to switch to expensive tiles, infuriating the populace but successfully preventing entire neighborhoods from instantly incinerating.
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