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TIL young male monkeys prefer playing with toy cars, while female monkeys with dolls.

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POBn TIL that former NFL quarterback Todd Marinovich left the league due to his drug problems. He didn’t play football for the next eight years until he signed with the Arena Football League. He threw ten touchdowns in his first game back while withdrawing from heroin.
RVM8 TIL In 1906 the Bronx Zoo, NYC put an African Man on display in the Monkey house…
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