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TIL monkeys DO have vocal tracts for speaking, they just don't have the brain wiring to do it

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GAmG1 TIL That until 2022, the Japanese Public School System forced schoolgirls in Japan were forced to wear specific colours of underwear and were forced to have dyed black hair in school.