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TIL that a monarchy can be elective

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XLPE TIL there only three species in the animal kingdom that have sex for pleasure: humans, dolphins and bonobo chimps
NXvmJ TIL that a Peppa Pig episode was banned in Australia for saying there's no need to be afraid of scary-looking insects. In the episode the dad tells his daughter that spiders are "very very small" and "can't hurt you".
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