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The French government is being called upon to pass regulations on fortune telling as professional soothsayers lament that the practice's explosion in popularity has led to a proliferation of scams and other unsavory business practices. The issue reportedly came about on Monday when the country's delightfully named National Institute of Divinatory Arts met with officials from France's Ministry of Labor to sound the alarm about what they see as a growing problem. Noting that the country boasts a staggering 100,000 self-described psychics of various stripes, the group groused that only a tiny percentage of such individuals are genuinely gifted.
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