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A famous cathedral took 800 years to finish — because “we’ll do it next phase” is timeless.

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Some cathedrals really did take centuries to build, but the claim's reasoning is a joke. Cologne Cathedral, for example, took several hundred years because of interruptions and funding, not procrastination.

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