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TIL that your cousins’ children are your 1st cousins once removed, and that “once removed” simply refers to the one generation gap between you. Their children are thus your 1st cousins twice removed, etc.

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ADREd TIL, of the Nonseum in Austria, a museum for intentionally useless inventions. Items on display include a cigarette with a filter on both ends.
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