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Did you know...

...that in 528 BC Gautama Buddha attained Enlightenment at the age of 35?
...that Occam's Razor is named after William of Ockham's principle that one should "shave off unnecessary entities in explanations"?
...that, although untrue, it is said that Immanuel Kant's daily walking routine was so strict and predictable that his neighbors would set their clocks to it?
...that Rene Descartes died of pneumonia in Stockholm after braving the chilly climate to teach philosophy to Queen Christina.