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Philosophy is basically thinking about thinking. Which sounds like a waste of time, because it is.

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One downside of our big brains is we're the only creatures who are aware that death is inevitable. Although, if you lined ten dogs in a row and shot them one by one, the dog on the end would probably get the gist by about dog four.

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Brain

Cells couldn't multiply without this, the IKEA instruction manual for life, DNA. DNA is tiny yet comlex, like Tom Cruise.

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Tom Cruise

Apparently, Islam can be a sensitive topic, and the producers say if I don't follow this script to the letter, there's a chance I'll cause a serious international incident.

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Islam

The European kings agreed and launched a sort of armed charity drive to forcibly provide the Islamic world with crucifixes. They called it "cruce-aid".

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The Dark Ages were a tragedy for human progress that put back the ollout of 5G by hundreds of years.

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Medieval

If you were Christian back then, perhaps the worst place to find yourself was the Colosseum, an area of misery on a par with Birmingham.

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Birmingham

Whether or not they think he was the actual son of God who performed miracles like walking on wine or helping a deaf man see, they all agree he preached tolerance and forgiveness, a message so important his most ardent followers would eventually start killing anyone who didn't want to hear it.

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Christianity Jesus

Thanks to the volcano we know every-day Romans had grey skin, were totally bald, and spent their time lying around inside their shockingly dusty houses.

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When most first think of the word "empire", we think of the big one: Star Wars! Or Rome. And this is history, so it's Rome.

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Rome Quotes about Star Wars

The ancient Greeks invented lots of things we still have today, like medicine and olives. And lots of things that have died out, like democracy and pillars. They also developed culture in the form of yoghurt and theater in all its tedious forms.

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Griechenland

Emojis. Or as the ancient Egyptians who invented them called them: Hieroglyphics.

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Emojis 😂😉😍

Writing changed the world. Suddenly ideas didn't have to disappear just because the person whose head they were trapped in had died.

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Ideas

Having conquered numbers, humankind moved on to something even more boring: by inventing writing.

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Writing Numbers

The wheel allowed people to travel around, trading things. But first, they needed to count how many things they owned. And that led to the tragic invention of maths.

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Mathematics

Nothing happens in cricket, ever. Even the highlights resemble a freeze frame.

Charlie Brooker

Cricket

Tinder is the ultimate gamification of romance. It's "Pokemon Go" for the heart.

Charlie Brooker

Pokémon Tinder

Is hacking ever acceptable? It depends on the motive.

Charlie Brooker

Hackers

I've never lost that freelance mentality. You can't take a holiday because you're worried the work will dry up.

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In the early '80s, the arcade game Pac-Man was twice as popular as oxygen.

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Video games 80s

If you're living in a dystopia, you don't necessarily want to look at another one.

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If someone doesn't respond to a phone call, I think they've died.

Charlie Brooker

Brexit is a harbinger for Trump, really.

Charlie Brooker

Donald Trump Brexit

"Put more than one philosopher together and you'll birth an argument," Erlin commented. "A truism I've observed the world over. In fact, I once saw one argue with himself, it got quite violent in the end."

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Philosophy

Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.

Isaac Newton

Aristotle Plato Truth Philosophy

If you start deporting every shady looking guy with questionable tattoos, who's gonna go to Jets games?

Jordan Klepper in The Daily Show

New York Jets

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