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The Netherlands officially ruled that royals can enter a same-sex marriage. The Dutch parliament has to approve a royal marriage, and the prime minister recently announced that same-sex marriage isn't off-limits. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Just off Virginia Beach, offshore wind turbines are a home to marine species. Two massive turbines turned out to be a really good thing for sea life, which has colonized the underwater part of the structures pretty quicjly. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Cheetahs are back in Mozambique after an absence of nearly 60 years. To begin with, four cheetahs have been brought to the wild there - but that's big considering cheetahs' range in Africa shrank to 10% of what it was. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ireland is testing a new basic income scheme for artists, starting in 2022. It's going to apply to around 2,000 artists and art workers, and it's going to pay them 325 Euros per week for a total of three years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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So many people have been vaccinated in Spain, there might be herd immunity. Almost 80% of people in Spain have gotten the jab, so experts believe that, at least, grade school kids soon won't have to wear masks. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lego says it's going to work on removing all gender stereotypes from its toys. : 1000,00 And it's already started to do that - you can't search for toys by gender on Lego.com any more, only by passion points. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In India, medical textbooks are no longer allowed to use derogatory language. Specifically, language derogatory to LGBTQIA+ people all unscientific information must be amended, the National Medical Commission said. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In one Canadian company, they're loving a regular four-day work week. And it's not just the employees- the founder and CEO says it's great, and has no plans to return to a typical five-day work week. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Soon, it could be possible to eliminate Lyme bacteria found in the wild. Researchers have found a chemical that kills Lyme bacteria, but doesn't do a thing to animals, so they could just release it out in the wild. CRACKED.COM — Source

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We might be able to help people terminally ill with head and neck cancer. There's a new cancer treatment that works with the patient's own immune system and can wipe out tumors, according to a landmark trial. CRACKED.COM — Source

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France is banning plastic fruit and vegetable packaging, starting in 2023. That applies to 30 fruits and vegetables, including the super-popular ones-- like round tomatoes, bananas, apples, and so on. CRACKED.COM — Source

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California's public schools and colleges have to offer free menstrual products. That's what a new law requires - and it applies statewide to everything from grades 6 to 12, to CSU and UC schools, starting in 2022. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The ozone layer is well on its way to healing it might be fully healed in 2050. CFC consumption, which damages the ozone layer, went from 800,000 metric tons during the '80s all the way down to 156 in 2014. CRACKED.COM — Source

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