{"id":10245,"date":"2007-03-08T14:30:04","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T21:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/03\/08\/where-do-they-get-all-those-wonderful-toys.html"},"modified":"2007-03-08T14:30:04","modified_gmt":"2007-03-08T21:30:04","slug":"where_do_they_get_all_tho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/08\/where_do_they_get_all_tho.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Where do they get all those wonderful toys?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Toy Imports\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/toy-imports.jpg\" width=\"468\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/pages\/live\/articles\/news\/worldnews.html?in_article_id=439315&amp;in_page_id=1811\" target=\"_blank\">interesting set of maps from the Daily Mail<\/a> with nations expanded or contracted based on different factors. 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