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Short answer: It's an adorable means of self-protection.

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6Eogw Today I learned the phrase "mad as a hatter" or "madhatter" comes from old hat makers using mercury to shape animal pelts into top hats.
XEYVR TIL The Reischstag in Germany contains Soviet graffiti from WW2, some of it quite vulgar.
4wmJ TIL in the 1970’s, a plane carrying 6,000lbs. of marijuana crashed in a remote area of Yosemite National Park. Local mountaineers, rock climbers, hippies, and drug dealers made excursions to the area to take as much product as they could, all while the US government tried to secure the drugs.
Me4b8 TIl there is a roller coaster in Denmark called Hundeprutterutchebane (meaning Farting Dog Coaster) that is “known best for its name and its unique dog-flatulence-related theme.”
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