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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def start_daemon_thread(*args, **kwargs):
 """Starts a thread and marks it as a daemon thread."""

    thread = threading.Thread(*args, **kwargs)
    thread.daemon = True
    thread.start()
    return thread