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TIL that traditional Catalan (Spain) nativity scenes always have a figure to the side in the act of defecation

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8axo8 TIL of Clive Palmer. An Australian billionaire who has attempted to build the Titanic II once before, failed and is now trying again. He has also built an animatronic dinosaur park on a golf course in Australia.
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