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TIL that a zoo had fake pandas. Taizhou Zoo of China in 2024 exhibited Chow Chow dogs painted black and white. The zoo said that it had advertised them as "panda dogs" so had not lied: "Normal people dye their hair. Dogs can dye their hair, too".

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