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“There’s no way to sugarcoat this, so I’ll just come right out and say it: They’re trying to ban British guard hats. This kind: 💂. Eighteen members of Parliament wrote a letter last week urging the government to adopt an alternative. Their reason? It turns out that the hats, which are known as ‘bearskins’ in British military terminology, are made out of the skins of bears. ‘Bears,’ the MPs wrote, ‘are still being shot with crossbows’—what???—’and killed, their cubs orphaned, and their pelts used to produce new caps.'” The Ringer: Eight Burning Questions About the Fight to Ban British Guard Hats.

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