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TIL that in 2014, a Belgian math teacher disciplined his class by threatening to reveal Game of Thrones spoilers. He had read the books, which were at that time ahead of the show.

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gMkOW TIL about the Sorites Paradox, a paradox that arises from vague predicates. If you remove a grain of sand from a heap, it is still a heap of sand. When the process is repeated enough times: is a single remaining grain still a heap? If not, when did it change from a heap to a non-heap?
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