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  "id": 629924,
  "title": "The experience of tickling and ticklishness is the same across cultures: new research",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/the-experience-of-tickling-and-ticklishness-is-the-same-across",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T03:25:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation AU",
    "slug": "the-conversation-au",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/the-experience-of-tickling-and-ticklishness-is-the-same-across-cultures-new-research-289505"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than 98% of people have been tickled. But scientists still don’t understand why we do it",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}