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TIL that a famous philosophical thought experiment about the senses first discussed by John Locke in 1689 was performed IRL under controlled conditions in 2007, and Locke was proven right

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eDX5 TIL that Brave Heart is one of the most historically inaccurate films ever made. “It’s like watching a film about Colonial America showing the colonial men wearing 20th century business suits, but with the jackets worn back-to-front instead of the right way around.”
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