Woolsack (Parliamentary furniture) (en.wikipedia.org)

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If you open any wiki related to the British Parliament you can can click to something weird and incomprehensible very quickly.

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[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago

The ceremonial bale of wool was actually stuffed with horsehair.

[-] SquiffSquiff@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

FTFA

In 1938, it was discovered that the Woolsack was stuffed with horsehair. When it was remade, it was re-stuffed with wool from the British Isles and all over the British Commonwealth, supplied by the International Wool Secretariat, as a symbol of unity.

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