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I explore the strange stories of people who actually married objects.

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Punch, a young Japanese macaque abandoned by his mother, has captured global attention after videos showed him clinging to an orangutan plush toy for comfort. His touching story has moved netizens ...

For 12,400 years, the cave’s arid air preserved two small scraps of elk hide stitched together with twisted fiber. These ...

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