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TIL humans are the only ones among all primates with chins

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5VlaR TIL That the song 'Valerie' by Steve Winwood made the Billboard Top 100 twice...five years apart. First on Winwood's album 'Talking Back to the Night' and then a remixed version from his compilation album 'Chronicles'. It charted at 70 and 9 respecitvely.
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