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'Educational' Toy

News of the Weird

By News of the Weird

Published Feb. 17, 2022

'Educational' Toy

Ania Tanner, a grandmother from Ontario, Canada, found a cute singing and dancing cactus on the Walmart website and purchased it for her granddaughter, CTV News reported.

The animated $26 toy sings in three languages: English, Spanish and Polish. But when Tanner, who is Polish, listened to the Polish lyrics, she was shocked: "This toy uses swear words and talking about cocaine use. This is not what I ordered for my granddaughter. I was in shock. I thought, what is this, some kind of joke?"

The Polish song is by rapper Cypis, who didn't give permission for the use of his song by the Chinese manufacturer of the item.

For its part, Walmart said the toy is sold by a third-party vendor and will be removed while they investigate.