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ABBA

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The greatest band of all time.

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TIL the reason Abba wore ridiculous outfits was to avoid paying taxes through a weird loophole in Swedish tax law. (www.theguardian.com)
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According to Abba: The Official Photo Book, published to mark 40 years since they won Eurovision with Waterloo, the band's style was influenced in part by laws that allowed the cost of outfits to be deducted against tax โ€“ so long as the costumes were so outrageous they could not possibly be worn on the street.

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[โ€“] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

I knew the Justified Ancients of Mu-Mu were right all this time