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TIL the blind get a 50% discount on TV licenses in the UK

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AlyB TIL: Thomas Jefferson studied the Koran and argued that Muslims (as well as Catholics and Jews) should have equal rights in America
Pnpn TIL: When Plato gave Socrates’ definition of man as “featherless bipeds” and was much praised for the definition, Diogenes plucked a chicken and brought it into Plato’s Academy, saying, “Behold! I’ve brought you a man.” After this incident, “with broad flat nails” was added to Plato’s definition.
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