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TIL there are ten different indigenous languages still spoken today in the British Isles; English, Scots, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, Cornish, Manx, Angloromani, Shelta and British Sign Language

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nkvr TIL that researchers at Yale have demonstrated that human babies might naturally have some sense of morality (as opposed to all moral standards existing only thanks to environmental factors).
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