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TIL Peppa Pig has been blocked from an online video channel in China after becoming associated with “gangster” subculture.

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epMpD TIL of "Ardi" the fossilized skeletal remains of a human-like female anthropoid discovered in 1994. It is more than a million years older and more complete than "Lucy." It's discovery stunned scientists and refuted many core theories of human evolution.