This week I learned bananas are a very unhealthy part of a monkey's diet, and more

Read more about the facts mentioned:

Unappealing: Monkeys banned from eating bananas because they are too unhealthy (The Herald Scotland)

Female capuchin monkeys throw stones to attract mates (BBC)

Systematic evidence of fake crying in babies (The British Psychological Society)

Boston's Great Molasses Flood of 1919 (MentalFloss.com)

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