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TIL Curious George's name is "Hitomane Kozaru" in Japan, "Peter Pedal" in Denmark, and "Nicke Nyfiken" in Sweden. He was given the spunky name "Zozo" in the UK, because people thought it was disrespectful to name a monkey after the current king.

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