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Wait, Sophie the Giraffe isn't French?
France's iconic teething toy is caught up in a manufacturing scandal. The investigative journalism website Mediapart has found that Sophie the Giraffe, or Sophie la Giraffe in French, is actually made in China and has been for decades. We dive into how the toy has been seen as a
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