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Quirks and Quarks | Dec 15, 2012 | 52:43

Extra Old Cheese, plus Porcupine Quills, Birds Butt Out, Planet Without Apes - 2012/12/15

Earliest Evidence of Cheese Making, Penetrating Porcupine Quills, Electricity From The Ear, Birds Use Cigarette Butts to Repel Parasites, Planet Without Apes.

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