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TIL Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping we get very very drunk and cause unnecessary strain on the emergency services.

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8XbL TIl that Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, openly wanted equal rights and respect for women, in the fifteenth century. This stance has been kept in Sikhism until today (as is equal rights for all humans, no matter their religion)!