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TIL: In Switzerland, it's illegal to own only one guinea pig

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loXaN TIL the X-Files episode "Home" was so twisted, dark, and disturbing that it only aired on Fox once, was banned from re-runs on the network, and disappeared until the show re-aired on cable channel FX.
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