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  "path": "/2026/03/20/historic-photos-show-wild-pole-sitting-craze-from-the-1920s/",
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  "textContent": "Occasionally, inexplicable fads break out, such as planking in 2011. In the 1920s, it was pole sitting -- a test of endurance that saw people sitting on top of flag poles for extended periods.\n\n[Read More]",
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