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The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded - George Orwell
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On this day:
Richard the Lionheart Captured - 1192, A draw in the General Election - both sides get 272 seats - 1910, Harry Ramsden opens 1st Fish and Chip Shop - 1928, Greatest Underground Fire in History - 1984
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