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TIL in their 1983 film “Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life,” the Pythons defined the meaning of life as “Try to be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try to live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”

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