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BND investigated whether peeing on your garden will keep pests away

Plus…..A thread is going viral on Reddit where people are talking about things that were normal in the ’90s . . . but are rare or NONEXISTENT now.  Here are a few of the highlights, which will make some people feel VERY old.

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