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- A new study of feline cognition (sort of) explains why cats love to sit on squares, even when that square is an optical illusion.
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- Also back: the Knicks, BABY.
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- Pro-settler violence against Palestinians in East Jerusalem is presenting an early human rights test for President Joe Biden, according to Vox.
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- And finally, large cat terrifies Texans:
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